Association between precarious employment and BMI in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is growing recognition that precarious employment is an important determinant of health, which may increase BMI through multiple mechanisms, including stress. It was investigated whether increases in precarious employment were associated with changes in BMI in the United States.

Methods

Data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth adult cohort (1996-2016) (N = 7280). Thirteen indicators were identified to operationalize seven dimensions of precarious employment (range: 0-7, 7 indicating most precarious): material rewards, working-time arrangements, stability, workers' rights, collective organization, interpersonal relationships, and training. The precarious employment-BMI association was estimated using linear regression models and an instrumental

SUBMITTER: Oddo VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9782712 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature