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Does job promotion affect men's and women's health differently? Dynamic panel models with fixed effects.
- Source :
- International Journal of Epidemiology; Aug2017, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p1137-1146, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Higher occupational status has consistently been shown to be associated with better health, but few studies have to date examined if an upward change in occupational status is associated with a positive change in health. Furthermore, very little is known about whether this association differs by sex.<bold>Methods: </bold>Data were derived from four waves (2008-14) of the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH), a follow-up study of a nationally representative sample of the Swedish working population. The present study comprises 1410 men and 1926 women. A dynamic panel model with fixed effects was used to analyse the lagged association between job promotion on the one hand and self-rated health (SRH) and symptoms of depression on the other. This method allowed controlling for unobserved time-invariant confounders and determining the direction of causality between the variables. Multigroup comparisons were performed to investigate differences between the sexes.<bold>Results: </bold>The results showed that job promotion was associated with decreased subsequent SRH and increased symptoms of depression among both men and women. Women reported a larger relative worsening of self-rated health following a job promotion than men and men reported a larger relative worsening of depression symptoms. There was limited evidence that SRH and symptoms of depression were associated with subsequent job promotion.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The present study indicates that a job promotion could lead to decreased SRH and increased symptoms of depression in a 2-4-year perspective. Associations appear to differ for women and men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03005771
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125319113
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw310