JS-29.1
Atypical Employment Forms and Health Inequalities – Multiple Job Holding As Mental Health Risk?!
Tuesday, 17 July 2018: 15:30
Location: 801B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
Oral Presentation
Lena HÜNEFELD, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Germany
Maria U. KOTTWITZ, Faculty of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Steffen SCHUMMER, Faculty of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Kathleen OTTO, Faculty of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Physical and psychosocial conditions of Work and employment conditions like (lack of) social protection, job (in)security and income substantially influence the health situation of employees. Both employment and working conditions are largely determined by the employment form. As a consequence of socioeconomic and political changes atypical forms of employment such as part-time work, fixed-term employment and multiple job holding increased in the labor market. Consequences of atypical employment forms for employees are discussed controversially. On the one hand, atypical employment forms offer new possibilities for individual needs regarding the reconciliation of work and family life. On the other hand, such employment forms are often associated with worth working conditions and various socioeconomic disadvantages. Therefore, the employment form has become increasingly important as health determinant.
In our contribution, we explore the pathways linking atypical employment to social health inequalities. Thereby, we focus on employees with more than one job (multiple jobholders) and investigate the health risks of different types of multiple jobholders.
Data refer to the German BiBB/BAuA-Employment-Survey. We analyzed data of 1‘318 female and male multiple jobholders. Cluster analyses reveal eleven types of multiple jobholders. This typology is based on data on the economic situation, the professional status, the weekly total working time and the age of the employees. The data indicate that the different types of multiple jobholders follow a core-periphery stratification. In the peripheral area multiple jobholders have a combination of different social disadvantages and hazardous working conditions, while multiple jobholders in the core area have mainly a high-quality employment situation including job security, and appropriate salaries. Furthermore, (mental) health differentials are unequal distribute among different types of multiple jobholders.
