Non-Standard Workers Have Poorer Physical and Mental Health Than Standard Workers
Jaeouk Ahn1, Nam-Soo Kim, Byung-Kook Lee
1Department of Medical IT Engineering, College of Medical Sciences (Dr Ahn); Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Dr Kim), Soonchunhyang University, Asan; Department of Preventive Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Asan (Dr Lee); Department of Occupational Health, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan (Dr Park); Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan (Dr Kim), Republic of Korea.
Objectives:
To compare the health status of workers who had non-standard and standard employment in Korea.
Methods:
Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES, 2007 to 2017) were used to compare the health of workers with standard and non-standard employment.
Results:
Workers with non-standard employment (rather than standard employment) were more likely to be women, older, have less education, have lower monthly income, perform manual work, and work fewer hours per week. Men with non-standard employment were more likely to have physician-diagnosed cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and to report depressive and suicidal ideation. Women with non-standard employment were more likely to have physician-diagnosed cardiovascular disease and to report depressive feelings.
Conclusion:
Workers with daily employment were most vulnerable to physical and mental health problems. Health problems differed among individuals who had different types of non-standard employment.
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