Does disability modify the relationship between labour force status and psychological distress among young people?

Marissa Shields; Stefanie Dimov; Tania L King; Allison Milner; Anne Kavanagh; Matthew J Spittal; George Disney

Journal article

Does disability modify the relationship between labour force status and psychological distress among young people?

Marissa Shields, Stefanie Dimov, Tania L King, Allison Milner, Anne Kavanagh, Matthew J Spittal, George Disney

OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-107149

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between labour force status, including young people who were unemployed and having problems looking for work, and psychological distress one year later. We then assessed whether this association is modified by disability status. METHODS: We used three waves of cohort data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. We fitted logistic regression models to account for confounders of the relationship between labour force status (employed, not in the labour force, unemployed and having problems looking for work) at age 21 years and psychological distress at age 22 years. We then estimated whether this association was modified by disability status at a..

View full abstract

University of Melbourne Researchers

Stefanie Dimov Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Marissa Shields Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Anne Kavanagh Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Tania King Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Matthew Spittal Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Related Projects (4)

YOUTH COHORT: IMPROVING DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT STUDY (Y-IDES)

Intervening early to enable young Australians with disabilities to transition into meaningful, sustainable work is likely to have enormous p..

Disability, social mobility and the wellbeing of people with disabilities

This project aims to analyse the effect the acquisition of a disability in adulthood has on subsequent socio-economic circumstances (employm..

Careers of Misconduct

This project aims to understand how legal and health practitioners named in multiple misconduct allegations make changes to their practice. ..

HIDDEN IN THE MARGINS: THE LIVES AND TRAJECTORIES OF YOUNG CARERS

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Partnership Project - Australian Government

Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship - Australian Government

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Awarded by ARC Discovery Project

Funding Acknowledgements

MS is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship provided by the Australian Commonwealth Government and a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Partnership Project (APP1151843) funded by the Australian Government. TLK is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100607). MJS is a recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (project number FT180100075) funded by the Australian Government. GD is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia funded Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (APP1116385) and ARC Discovery Project DP170101434. This research has been funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Partnership Project (APP1151843) funded by the Australian Government, and a Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellowship.