Precarious employment in young adulthood and later alcohol-related morbidity : a register-based cohort study

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OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of precarious employment is increasing, particularly among young adults where less is known about the long-term health consequences. The present study aims to test if being precariously employed in young adulthood is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related morbidity later in life.

METHODS: A register-based cohort study was conducted in Sweden. The Swedish Work, Illness, and Labor-market Participation (SWIP) cohort was used to identify individuals who were aged 27 years between 2000 and 2003 (n=339 403). Information on labour market position (precarious employment, long-term unemployment, substandard employment and standard employment relations) was collected for young people 3 years after graduation from school using nationwide registers. Details about alcohol-related morbidity during a 28-year follow-up period were collected from the National Hospital Discharge Register. Data on sex, age, country of birth, education and previous poor health were also obtained from the registers.

RESULTS: Young adults in precarious employment had an increased risk of alcohol-related morbidity compared with individuals of the same age in standard employment (HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.55), after adjusting for several important covariates. A stronger association was found among young men who were precariously employed compared with young women.

CONCLUSION: This nationwide register-based study conducted in Sweden with a long-term follow-up suggests that being precariously employed in young adulthood is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related morbidity later in life.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

Enthalten in:

Occupational and environmental medicine - 81(2024), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 201-208

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thern, Emelie [VerfasserIn]
Elling, Devy L [VerfasserIn]
Badarin, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Hernando Rodríguez, Julio César [VerfasserIn]
Bodin, Theo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcohol
Cohort
Journal Article
Precarious employment
Register-based
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Young adults

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Date Completed 28.04.2024

Date Revised 28.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/oemed-2023-109315

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371162076