Stansfeld, SA; Carr, E; Smuk, M; Clark, C; Murray, E; Shelton, N; Head, J
(2018)
Mid-life psychosocial work environment as a predictor of work exit by age 50.
PLoS One, 13 (4).
e0195495.
ISSN 1932-6203
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195495
SGUL Authors: Clark, Charlotte Elizabeth Sarah
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether psychosocial work characteristics at age 45 years predict exit from the labour market by the age of 50 years in data from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. METHODS: Psychosocial work characteristics (decision latitude, job demands, job strain and work social support at 45 years and job insecurity at 42 years) measured by questionnaire were linked to employment outcomes (unemployment, retirement, permanent sickness, homemaking) at 50 years in 6510 male and female participants. RESULTS: Low decision latitude (RR = 2.01, 95%CI 1.06,3.79), low work social support (RR = 1.96, 95%CI 1.12,3.44), and high job insecurity (RR = 2.27, 95%CI 1.41, 3.67) predicted unemployment at 50, adjusting for sex, housing tenure, socioeconomic status, marital status, and education. High demands were associated with lower risk of unemployment (RR = 0.50, 95%CI 0.29,0.88) but higher risk of permanent sickness (RR = 2.14, 95%CI 1.09,4.21). CONCLUSIONS: Keeping people in the workforce beyond 50 years may contribute to both personal and national prosperity. Employers may wish to improve working conditions for older workers, in particular, increase control over work, increase support and reduce demands to retain older employees in the workforce.
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© 2018 Stansfeld et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Keywords: |
Decision Making, Employment, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Surveys and Questionnaires, United Kingdom, Humans, Follow-Up Studies, Stress, Psychological, Decision Making, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Middle Aged, Employment, Female, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, United Kingdom, General Science & Technology, MD Multidisciplinary |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) |
Journal or Publication Title: |
PLoS One |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
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eng |
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5 April 2018 | Published | 24 March 2018 | Accepted |
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Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
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PubMed ID: |
29621353 |
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URI: |
https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/113929 |
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195495 |
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