Hot Days, the ability to Work and climate resilience: Evidence from a representative sample of 42,152 Indian households

Introduction: Willingness to participate in COVID-19 testing and tracing programs has potential to exacerbate health disparities due to systematic variation by social determinants of health. This study evaluates sociodemographic, economic, and psychological factors associated with COVID-19 testing motivations.Methods: We used data from the Person to Person Health Interview Study, collected by telephone in April and May 2020, using a representative sample of Indiana residents (n=943). Testing intentions were assessed across six motivations: treatment affordability, ability to work if positive, hospital effectiveness, symptom severity, proximity to infected, and risk of transmitting to others. Bivariate analyses and ordinal logistic models were used to assess the influence of race/ethnicity, education, financial strain, and COVID-19 worries on each outcome. Results: Respondents strongly agree that symptom severity, proximity to infected, and risk of transmitting to others would be important considerations in COVID-19 test decisions. Black and Latino respondents were more likely than white respondents to agree that ability to work if positive (b = 0.48 and 0.96) and hospital effectiveness (b = 0.92 and 0.96) would influence their decision to get tested. Test affordability (b = 2.80), hospital effectiveness (b = 2.00), and risk of transmission (b = 0.99) were considerations among participants reporting financial strain. Desire to reduce transmission (b = 1.49) and concern about proximity to infected (b = 2.66) were reported among those who expressed COVID-19 worries.Conclusions: In a representative sample in Indiana, people consider their own and others’ vulnerability to COVID-19 in testing decisions. Lower-SES groups and Black and Latino people were more likely to cite resource constraints. Policies expanding financial assistance and prosocial message framing may increase testing rates, particularly among vulnerable subpopulations.

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Wie kan en wil doorwerken tot 65-jarige leeftijd?

Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken ◽

10.5117/2008.024.001.010 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Karin Jettinghoff ◽

Peter G.W. Smulders

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Good Health ◽

Retirement Age ◽

Work Characteristics ◽

Ability To Work ◽

Secondary Analyses ◽

Do So

Who can and wants to work till retirement age? Who can and wants to work till retirement age? In a representative sample of more than 23.000 employees we explored to what extent work characteristics, personal characteristics, the home situation and health predict if employees (1) are able to continue working in their current job till the retirement age (65 years), and (2) are willing to do so. The results of the secondary analyses, which were conducted for employees in the age of 20 till 60 years old, showed that the main predictors for the ability to work until retirement are favourable working conditions (low job demands and physical demands, high autonomy and opportunities to grow) and good health. In addition, it turns out that that especially employees who were able to work until retirement age and single employees were willing to work until retirement. The role of working conditions is limited.

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Automation Surprise

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000113 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 28-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert J. de Boer ◽

Karel Hurts

Keyword(s):

Flight Control ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Aviation Safety ◽

Control Mode ◽

Cognitive Errors ◽

Laboratory Studies ◽

Airline Pilots ◽

Flight Operations ◽

Widespread Phenomenon ◽

Few Data

Abstract. Automation surprise (AS) has often been associated with aviation safety incidents. Although numerous laboratory studies have been conducted, few data are available from routine flight operations. A survey among a representative sample of 200 Dutch airline pilots was used to determine the prevalence of AS and the severity of its consequences, and to test some of the factors leading to AS. Results show that AS is a relatively widespread phenomenon that occurs three times per year per pilot on average but rarely has serious consequences. In less than 10% of the AS cases that were reviewed, an undesired aircraft state was induced. Reportable occurrences are estimated to occur only once every 1–3 years per pilot. Factors leading to a higher prevalence of AS include less flying experience, increasing complexity of the flight control mode, and flight duty periods of over 8 hr. It is concluded that AS is a manifestation of system and interface complexity rather than cognitive errors.

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Association of Physical Morbidity and Health-Related Quality of Life in a Representative Sample of Older German People

European Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1027/2512-8442/a000019 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 140-151

Author(s):

Markus A. Wirtz ◽

Matthias Morfeld ◽

Elmar Brähler ◽

Andreas Hinz ◽

Heide Glaesmer

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Short Form ◽

Physical Symptoms ◽

German Population ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Patient Reported ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

Abstract. The association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL; Short-Form Health Survey-12; SF-12) and patient-reported morbidity-related symptoms measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) is analyzed in a representative sample of older people in the general German population. Data from 1,659 people aged 60 to 85 years were obtained. Latent class analysis identified six classes of patients, which optimally categorize clusters of physical symptoms the participants reported: musculoskeletal impairments (39.8%), healthy (25.7%), musculoskeletal and respiratory/cardiac impairments (12.8%), musculoskeletal and respiratory impairments, along with bowel and digestion problems (12.9%), general impairments (4.9%), and general impairments with no bowel and digestion problems (4.8%). The participants’ SF-12 Physical Health Scores (η2 = .39) and their Mental Health Scores (η2 = .28) are highly associated with these latent classes. These associations remain virtually identical after controlling for age. The results provide evidence that profiles of patient-reported physical impairments correspond strongly with reduced HRQoL independently from aging processes.

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