S01-2 Interrelations between chronic disease and work-related factors on labour force participation

Female labour force participation among young women in India is disturbingly low, and yet little evidence is available regarding the factors likely to affect the school-to-work transition among the young. Data from 325 girls aged 15–19 years and in-depth interviews with 10 of these girls and 9 of their mothers in one block of Jodhpur district, obtained from a mixed-methods study in Rajasthan, explore girls’ aspirations for professional, administrative or technical careers and factors likely constraining or facilitating their articulation of such aspirations. Findings show that girls who aspired for a professional, administrative or technical career were more likely than others to display better learning outcomes (odds ratio = 1.31), greater work-related agency and a readiness to overcome community obstacles (odds ratio, 1.28) than those who did not aspire for a professional, administrative or technical career. They were also more likely to be unmarried or married but residing in the natal home (odds ratio = 2.97) and have supportive parents (odds ratio = 1.37). In-depth interviews corroborate these obstacles. Findings underscore the need to empower girls and break down traditional norms held by girls, parents and communities. On the programme front, it is important to ensure empowerment programmes for girls and address the quality and girl-friendliness of education and vocational training opportunities.

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Chronic disease and labour force participation among older Australians

The Medical Journal of Australia ◽

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02119.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 189 (8) ◽

pp. 447-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 91

Author(s):

Deborah J Schofield ◽

Rupendra N Shrestha ◽

Megan E Passey ◽

Arul Earnest ◽

Susan L Fletcher

Keyword(s):

Chronic Disease ◽

Labour Force ◽

Labour Force Participation

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How Do Women Decide to Work in Pakistan?

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v41i4iipp.495-513 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 41 (4II) ◽

pp. 495-513 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Zareen F. Naqvi ◽

Lubna Shahnaz

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

Participation Rate ◽

Labour Force Participation ◽

Annual Growth Rate ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Related Factors ◽

Female Labour ◽

Women's Participation ◽

Total Labour

The incidence of women labour force participation is very low in Pakistan. According to the Labour Force Survey, 1999-2000 female participation rate was merely 14 percent of the total labour force. Even though average annual growth rate of female labour force participation has been increasing slightly in Pakistan; it was 4 percent in 1980-99 and has gone up to 5.1 percent during 1995-98,1 however, this rate is still very low as compared to the other South Asian countries—42 percent in Bangladesh, 41 percent in Nepal, 32 percent in India and Bhutan, 37 percent in Sri Lanka [World Bank (2002)]. This paper is an attempt to identify household related factors that lead to women participation in the economic activities. This issue has been taken up in a number of other studies.2 The innovative aspect of this paper is that it relates women’s decision to participate in economic activities with their empowerment—who makes the decision to participate in the labour force—whether it is the women themselves or others. We would like to state at the very onset that this paper is a first cut to explore the issues of women’s participation in economic activities and their and empowerment. We hope to get feedback in the conference to improve the technical aspects of this paper and explore other aspects of this issue.

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The impact of health and education on future labour force participation among individuals aged 55–74 in the United States of America: the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x16000295 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (7) ◽

pp. 1313-1337 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

DAVID H. REHKOPF ◽

NANCY E. ADLER ◽

JOHN W. ROWE

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Chronic Disease ◽

Regression Models ◽

Labour Force ◽

Functional Limitations ◽

Labour Force Participation ◽

Research Network ◽

Retirement Age ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Population Capacity

ABSTRACTChronic disease, mobility limitations and low physical functioning are determinants of an earlier age of retirement. Therefore, long-term population trends in these factors may have an impact on the proportion of individuals near traditional retirement age who continue to work. Our objective is to develop a projection model that accounts for trends in these factors in order to estimate the proportion of the population aged 55–74 with the capacity to participate in the labour force. We used logistic regression models to quantify how chronic disease, mobility and functional status predict labour force participation among individuals aged 55–59. Next, we obtained estimates of the population prevalence of each of these predictors for the years 2010–2050. We then used estimated coefficients from the logistic regression models to predict the age-specific probability of capacity for work up to the age of 74. We find that population capacity for work depends on trends in disability and on level of education. Future population capacity for work depends on trends in functional limitations primarily in the population with lower levels of education. Changes in functional limitations, changes in the environment, technology and social policy targeted towards individuals with lower levels of education could result in mitigation of future decreasing capacity for work in the population near retirement age.

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Utilisation of rehabilitation services for non-migrant and migrant groups of higher working age in Germany – results of the lidA cohort study

BMC Health Services Research ◽

10.1186/s12913-019-4845-z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Chloé Charlotte Schröder ◽

Maria Dyck ◽

Jürgen Breckenkamp ◽

Hans Martin Hasselhorn ◽

Jean-Baptist du Prel

Keyword(s):

First Generation ◽

Second Generation ◽

Labour Force ◽

Medical Rehabilitation ◽

Outpatient Rehabilitation ◽

Related Factors ◽

Migrant Background ◽

Work Related ◽

First Generation Migrants ◽

Average Marginal Effects

Abstract Background An ageing and a shrinking labour force implies that the prevention of a premature exit from work due to poor health will become more relevant in the future. Medical rehabilitation is a health service that aims at active participation in working life. The provision of this service will be relevant for an increasing part of the ageing labour force, namely, employees with a migrant background and their different subgroups. Thus, this study examines whether first- and second-generation employees with migrant background differ from non-migrants in their utilisation of rehabilitation services and whether within the subsample of migrant employees, those persons with foreign nationality differ from those with German nationality. Methods Socially insured employees born in 1959 or 1965 were surveyed nationwide in 2011 as part of the lidA cohort study (n=6303). Survey data of the first study wave were used to identify the dependent variable of the utilisation of rehabilitation (in- and outpatient), the independent variable of migrant status and the covariates of sociodemographic, work- and non-work-related factors. Applying bivariate statistics with tests of independence and block-wise logistic regressions, differences between the groups were investigated. Additionally, average marginal effects were computed to directly compare the adjusted models. Results The study showed that first-generation migrants had a significantly lower likelihood of utilising outpatient rehabilitation than non-migrants (fully adj. OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.22-0.82) and that average marginal effects indicated higher differences in the full model than in the null model. No significant differences were found between the first- or second-generation migrants and non-migrants when comparing the utilisation of inpatient rehabilitation or any rehabilitation or when analysing German and foreign employees with migrant background (n=1148). Conclusions Significant differences in the utilisation of outpatient rehabilitation between first-generation migrants and non-migrants were found, which could not be explained by sociodemographic, work- and non-work-related factors. Thus, further factors might play a role. The second-generation migrants resemble the non-migrants rather than their parent generation (first-generation migrants). This detailed investigation shows the heterogeneity in the utilisation of health services such as medical rehabilitation, which is why service sensitive to diversity should be considered.

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Critical Review on Suicide Among Nurses

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000305 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 91-101 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Marie Alderson ◽

Xavier Parent-Rocheleau ◽

Brian Mishara

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Literature Review ◽

High Stress ◽

Related Factors ◽

Work Settings ◽

Work Related ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Full Text Review ◽

The Subject ◽

Psychiatric Problems

Background: Research shows that there is a high prevalence of suicide among nurses. Despite this, it has been 15 years since the last literature review on the subject was published. Aim: The aim of this article is to review the knowledge currently available on the risk of suicide among nurses and on contributory risk factors. Method: A search was conducted in electronic databases using keywords related to prevalence and risk factors of suicide among nurses. The abstracts were analyzed by reviewers according to selection criteria. Selected articles were submitted to a full-text review and their key elements were summarized. Results: Only nine articles were eligible for inclusion in this review. The results of this literature review highlight both the troubling high prevalence of suicide among nurses as well as the persistent lack of studies that examine this issue. Conclusion: Considering that the effects of several factors related to nurses' work and work settings are associated with high stress, distress, or psychiatric problems, we highlight the relevance of investigating work-related factors associated with nurses' risk of suicide. Several avenues for future studies are discussed as well as possible research methods.

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Association of demographic and work-related factors with psychological distress among oil workers in Kuwait

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e534982014-045 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

R. Al-Adsani ◽

K. Khudadah ◽

H. Ali ◽

O. Booz ◽

M. Moussa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Related Factors ◽

Work Related ◽

Oil Workers

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Female Labour Force Participation and Economic Growth in the South Mediterranean Countries: Structural Shifts in Causal Linkages

Journal of Current Researches on Business and Economics ◽

10.26579/jocrebe.71 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10 (1)) ◽

pp. 69-82

Author(s):

Gülten DURSUN

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Labour Force ◽

Labour Force Participation ◽

Female Labour Force Participation ◽

The South ◽

Female Labour ◽

Mediterranean Countries ◽

Structural Shifts

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Employment Pattern and Extent of Under-utilisation of Manpower in Rural Baran; Areas of Pakistan

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v32i4iipp.1225-1233 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 32 (4II) ◽

pp. 1225-1233

Author(s):

Sabur Ghayur

Keyword(s):

Crop Production ◽

Labour Force ◽

Research Work ◽

Labour Force Participation ◽

Hydroelectric Power ◽

Economic Activities ◽

North West ◽

North West Frontier Province ◽

Physical Infrastructure ◽

Employment Pattern

The barani (rain-fed) region accounts for about a fifth of the cultivated area in Pakistan. It has the potential to significantly increase crop production levels. Similarly, considerable scope exists in this area for the development of forests, fruit and vegetable gardening, pasture and stock rearing. Most of the natural resources are also found in this tract. Its hilly areas possess a vast potential for tourism. Besides, significant opportunities exist for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. An optimum utilisation of all this potential, obviously, is employmentgenerating and income-augmenting. Despite all such realisations this region as a whole, unfortunately, is identified as the least attended to area in terms of provision of socio-physical infrastructure, other development programmes and, even, research work. This led to a deterioration of the employment situation in the barani region as a whole. A poor information base and analysis thereof on employment and manpower related variables is also the consequence of such a treatment to this area. I This paper, using the data of a field survey, tries to fill, though partly, the vacuum on employment and related variables in the rural barani region. An attempt is made here to record and analyse the labour force participation rates, employment pattern (main economic activities) and unemployment/underemployment levels prevailing in the rural baran; areas of the provinces of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).

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