Changes in Precarious Employment and Health in the United States Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the association between changes in employment precarity and changes in health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an online survey of 623 U.S. adults at-risk for cardiovascular disease, which queried respondents on employment, food insecurity, and blood pressure measurements in the Fall of 2020 and retrospectively, in February 2020. Respondents were also queried on perceived stress in the Fall of 2020. We created a multidimensional precarious employment score (PES) using 13 survey indicators, that operationalized the following dimensions of employment precarity (PES range: 0-13): material rewards, working time arrangements, employment stability, workers' rights, collective organization, interpersonal relations, and training opportunities. Using adjust

SUBMITTER: Oddo VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841738 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature