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Aug 1, 2023 · Poor general health was identified as a consequence of precarious employment, and the higher precarity of work increased the likelihood of poor health. 33,34 Jonsson 34 found that highly precarious workers were 40% more likely to report poor general health than workers with low and moderate precariousness.
The term "precarious work" is frequently associated with the following types of employment: Part-time jobs, self-employment, fixed-term work, temporary work, on-call work, and remote workers.
Aug 9, 2022 · Black workers (46.0%), and. Hispanic workers (44.8%). The study also found that workers engaged in highly precarious work were 57% more likely to report experiencing job stress than those engaged in low precarious work. Percentage of workers stressed at work by precarious work.
Jul 26, 2017 · This article takes a new look at the changing characteristics of employment and offers a new method to measure employment security: the Employment Precarity Index. We use the Employment Precarity Index to assess how insecure employment associated with a ‘gig’ economy might affect well-being and social relations, including health outcomes ...
- Wayne Lewchuk
- 2017
This article identifies the historical, economic, and political factors that link precarious employment to health and health equity; reviews concepts, models, instruments, and findings on precarious employment and health inequalities; summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of this literature; and highlights substantive and methodological ...
Dec 4, 2022 · This essay delineates how precarious employment shapes well-being and situates that relationship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The essay also provides an overview of how the nine articles boldly investigate how these two layers of global risk—precarious employment and the pandemic—interact to shape individuals’ well-being.
Oct 26, 2021 · Empirical evidence on the adverse health effects of precarious employment is emerging. It is important to underscore that both precarious employment and its consequences for health and well-being are unevenly distributed across social groups (e.g., gender, age groups, occupations).
