Job insecurity, chances on the labour market and decline in self-rated health in a representative sample of the Danish workforce

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-250

  Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b   Aust, B ^a   Burr, H ^a   Bultmann U ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HEALTH RISK; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; WORK;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39649098240     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.059113     Document Type: Article

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