A comparison of work environment, job insecurity, and health between marginal part-time workers and full-time workers in Denmark using pooled register data
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A comparison of work environment, job insecurity, and health between marginal part-time workers and full-time workers in Denmark using pooled register data. / Nielsen, Helena Breth; Gregersen, Laura Stonor; Bach, Emma Steffensen; Dyreborg, Johnny; Ilsoe, Anna; Larsen, Trine Pernille; Pape, Kathrine; Pedersen, Jacob; Garde, Anne Helene.
In: Journal of Occupational Health, Vol. 63, No. 1, 12251, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A comparison of work environment, job insecurity, and health between marginal part-time workers and full-time workers in Denmark using pooled register data
AU - Nielsen, Helena Breth
AU - Gregersen, Laura Stonor
AU - Bach, Emma Steffensen
AU - Dyreborg, Johnny
AU - Ilsoe, Anna
AU - Larsen, Trine Pernille
AU - Pape, Kathrine
AU - Pedersen, Jacob
AU - Garde, Anne Helene
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objectives This study aimed to evaluate characteristics of the work environment, job insecurity, and health of marginal part-time workers (8.0-14.9 hours/week) compared with full-time workers (32.0-40.0 hours/week). Methods The study population included employees in the survey Work Environment and Health in Denmark (WEHD) in 2012, 2014, or 2016 (n = 34 960). Survey information from WEHD on work environment and health was linked with register-based information of exposure based on working hours 3 months prior to the survey, obtained from the register Labour Market Account. Associations between marginal part-time work and work environment and health were assessed using logistic regression models. Results Marginal part-time workers reported less quantitative job demands, lower levels of influence at work, poorer support from colleagues and leaders, less job satisfaction and poorer safety, as well as more job insecurity. Results on negative social relations in the workplace and physical workload were more ambiguous. Marginal part-time workers were more likely to report poorer self-rated health, treatment-requiring illness, and depressive symptoms compared with full-time workers. Adjusting for characteristics of the work environment showed an indication of altered odds ratios for self-rated health and depressive symptoms, whereas job insecurity did not. Conclusions This study finds that marginal part-time workers experience a poorer psychosocial work environment and safety, higher job insecurity, and poorer health than full-time workers. Work environment characteristics may confound or mediate the association between marginal part-time work and health. However, prospective studies are needed to determine the causal direction of the revealed associations.
AB - Objectives This study aimed to evaluate characteristics of the work environment, job insecurity, and health of marginal part-time workers (8.0-14.9 hours/week) compared with full-time workers (32.0-40.0 hours/week). Methods The study population included employees in the survey Work Environment and Health in Denmark (WEHD) in 2012, 2014, or 2016 (n = 34 960). Survey information from WEHD on work environment and health was linked with register-based information of exposure based on working hours 3 months prior to the survey, obtained from the register Labour Market Account. Associations between marginal part-time work and work environment and health were assessed using logistic regression models. Results Marginal part-time workers reported less quantitative job demands, lower levels of influence at work, poorer support from colleagues and leaders, less job satisfaction and poorer safety, as well as more job insecurity. Results on negative social relations in the workplace and physical workload were more ambiguous. Marginal part-time workers were more likely to report poorer self-rated health, treatment-requiring illness, and depressive symptoms compared with full-time workers. Adjusting for characteristics of the work environment showed an indication of altered odds ratios for self-rated health and depressive symptoms, whereas job insecurity did not. Conclusions This study finds that marginal part-time workers experience a poorer psychosocial work environment and safety, higher job insecurity, and poorer health than full-time workers. Work environment characteristics may confound or mediate the association between marginal part-time work and health. However, prospective studies are needed to determine the causal direction of the revealed associations.
KW - full-time workers
KW - non-standard work
KW - part-time workers
KW - precariousness
KW - working hours
KW - DANISH REGISTERS
KW - EMPLOYMENT
KW - SATISFACTION
KW - EMPLOYEES
KW - BRITAIN
U2 - 10.1002/1348-9585.12251
DO - 10.1002/1348-9585.12251
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34302320
VL - 63
JO - Journal of Occupational Health
JF - Journal of Occupational Health
SN - 1341-9145
IS - 1
M1 - 12251
ER -
ID: 275267005