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Titre :
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Employment Arrangements and Mental Health in a Cohort of Working Australians : Are Transitions From Permanent to Temporary Employment Associated With Changes in Mental Health ? (2014)
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Auteurs :
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Anthony-D LAMONTAGNE ;
Allison MILNER ;
Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University (Burwood Victoria, Australie) ;
Lauren KRNJACKI ;
Academic Centre for Health Equity. Faculty of Medicine. Dentistry and Health Sciences. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne (Carlton Victoria, Australie) ;
Anne-M KAVANAGH ;
Tony-A BLAKELY ;
Rebecca BENTLEY
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of epidemiology (vol. 179, n° 12, juin 2014)
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Pagination :
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1467-1476
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Emploi
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Psychopathologie
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Australie
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Association
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Changement
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Epidémiologie
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Océanie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xGIsHm. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We investigated whether being in temporary employment, as compared with permanent employment, was associated with a difference in Short Form 36 mental health and whether transitions from permanent employment to temporary employment were associated with mental health changes. We used fixed-effects regression in a nationally representative Australian sample with 10 waves of data collection (2001-2010). Interactions by age and sex were tested. Two forms of temporary employment were studied : "casual" (no paid leave entitlements or fixed hours) and "fixed-term contract" (a defined employment period plus paid leave). There were no significant mental health differences between temporary employment and permanent employment in standard fixed-effects analyses and no significant interactions by sex or age. For all age groups combined, there were no significant changes in mental health following transitions from stable permanent employment to temporary employment, but there was a significant interaction with age (P=0.03) for the stable-permanent-to-casual employment transition, because of a small transition-associated improvement in mental health for workers aged 55-64 years (bêta=1.61,95% confidence interval : 0.34,2.87 ; 16% of the standard deviation of mental health scores). Our analyses suggest that temporary employment is not harmful to mental health in the Australian context and that it may be beneficial for 55-to 64-year-olds transitioning from stable permanent employment to casual employment.
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