Precarious work increases depression-based disability among male employees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Precarious employment is a potent occupational health risk, but little is known about its association with work-related disability and its causes. This study analyzes whether employment precariousness is associated with receiving disability pension (DP) due to depression and whether this differs according to gender.

Methods

Statistics Finland's Quality of Work Life Surveys (1997, 2003, 2008 and 2013) were merged with register-based DP data obtained from the Finnish Centre for Pensions. The survey material was used to measure employment precariousness using five variables: fear of job loss, poor employability prospects, previous unemployment, low earnings and temporary contracts. We followed 20-60-year-old employees until 2016 and studied Cox proportional hazard ra

SUBMITTER: Pyoria P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature