September 11, 2017
Despite recent low unemployment rates, job insecurity is so stressful that employees often suffer from a variety of physical and psychological problems, including heart disease, loss of sleep and psychological distress, according to new research from Ball State University’s College of Health.
Association of Job Insecurity with Health Risk Factors and Poorer Health in American Workers, published in the Journal of Community Health, also found that job insecure individuals in the United States are more likely to be male, racial minorities or multiracial adults, those with less than a college degree and 45-64 years old.
Ball State’s report is based on an analysis of 17,441 people who participated in the National Health Interview Survey, which has monitored the health of the nation since 1957. NHIS data on a broad range of health topics are collected through personal household interviews.
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