Precarious employment, psychosocial working conditions, and health: Cross-sectional associations in a population-based sample of working Australians.

摘要: Background Precarious employment has been associated with poor health, but the potential mechanisms are unclear. We examined relationships between precarious and investigated psychosocial working conditions as mediators. Methods A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted in South Australia 2009 (N = 1,016 employed). SF-12 measures of mental physical health were modeled using logistic regression relation to arrangement, controlling for socio-demographics, years job conditions. Results There no association casual full-time or part-time multivariate analyses. Conversely, there a significant (compared permanent workers, OR = 3.14, 95% CI 1.26–7.85). The unaffected by adjustment conditions. Conclusions Casual strongly not health. This mediated measured this study, may be related other (unmeasured) conditions. Am. J. Ind. Med. 56:838–844, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.