Is it the Past or the Present? Employment Quality, Unemployment History, Psychological Distress and Mental Wellbeing in the United Kingdom
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Precarious employment and some protected part-time roles are linked to lower mental well-being, with gender differences observed. Unemployment history did not fully explain these adverse mental health outcomes.
Area Of Science
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Public Health
Background
- Low employment quality and precarious work are linked to poor mental health.
- The role of unemployment "scarring" as a confounder is underexplored.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the association between employment quality, unemployment history, and mental well-being.
- To explore potential gender differences in these relationships.
Main Methods
- Utilized latent class analysis on the UK's Understanding Society dataset.
- Derived a typology of employment quality across six dimensions.
- Assessed links between employment quality, unemployment history, and mental health outcomes.
Main Results
- Precarious employment and "protected part-time" work were associated with low mental well-being.
- Significant gender differences were observed in these associations.
- Past unemployment did not fully account for the observed links to mental well-being.
Conclusions
- Employment quality is a significant social determinant of mental well-being.
- Life course and gender-sensitive approaches are crucial for understanding these health disparities.
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