Health effects of involuntary job loss among older workers: Findings from the health and retirement survey
Health effects of involuntary job loss among older workers: Findings from the health and retirement survey
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/55.3.s131
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发表时间：
2000-05-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Kasl, SV
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作者：
Gallo, WT;Bradley, EH;Kasl, SV
目标。估计：美国老年工人非自愿失业对健康的影响。方法。使用 1992 年和 1994 年健康与退休调查的纵向数据，估计多元回归模型来评估非自愿失业对身体机能和心理健康的影响。我们的分析样本包括 209 名在调查日期之间经历过非自愿失业的工人和由 2,907 名连续就业工人组成的对照组。结果。即使在控制了基线健康状况和社会人口因素后，晚年非自愿失业对后续身体功能和心理健康的影响均为负面且具有统计学显着性（p < .05）。在失业工人中，再就业与后续身体功能和心理健康呈正相关，而失业持续时间与这两种结果均不显着相关。讨论。研究结果提供了老年工人失业与发病之间存在因果关系的证据。这种关系反映在经历非自愿失业的工人的身体机能和心理健康状况较差。除了工人流离失所造成的经济后果外，失业还可能对健康造成严重影响，尤其是老年工人。
Objectives . To estimate: the health consequences of involuntary job loss among older workers in the United States.Methods. Using longitudinal data from the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Health and Retirement Survey, multivariate regression models were estimated to assess the impact of involuntary job loss on both physical functioning and mental health. Our analysis sample included 209 workers who experienced involuntary job loss between survey dates and a comparison group of 2,907 continuously employed workers.Results. The effects of late-life involuntary job loss on both follow-up physical functioning and mental health were negative and statistically significant (p < .05), even after baseline health status and sociodemographic factors were controlled for. Among displaced workers, reemployment was positively associated with both follow-up physical Functioning and mental health, whereas the duration of joblessness was not significantly associated with either outcome.Discussion. The findings provide evidence of a causal relationship between job loss and morbidity among older workers. This relationship is reflected in both poorer physical functioning and mental health for workers who experience involuntary job loss. In addition to the economic consequences of worker displacement, there may be important health consequences of job loss, especially among older workers.