Precarious employment and general, mental and physical health in Stockholm, Sweden: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To investigate the association between precarious employment and health in a sample of non-standard employees in Stockholm County, Sweden, by addressing three specific research questions: is the degree of precarious employment (low, moderate, high) associated with self-rated. . . (a) general health, (b) mental health, (c) musculoskeletal pain? Methods: Web-based respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit a sample of 415 employees in Stockholm, Sweden, during 2016-2017. Questionnaire data were collected on employment conditions (the Swedish version of the employment precariousness scale (EPRES-Se)), general health, mental health and musculoskeletal pain. EPRES-Se scores were categorised as low, moderate or high. Generalised linear models with Poisson distributi

SUBMITTER: Jonsson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7917568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature