Journal article
Psychosocial job characteristics and mental health: Do associations differ by migrant status in an Australian working population sample?
Xiaomin Liu, Steven J Bowe, Lin Li, Lay San Too, Anthony D LaMontagne
PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2020
Abstract
Migrant workers may experience higher burdens of occupational injury and illness compared to native-born workers, which may be due to the differential exposure to occupational hazards, differential vulnerability to exposure-associated health impacts, or both. This study aims to assess if the relationships between psychosocial job characteristics and mental health vary by migrant status in Australia (differential vulnerability). A total of 8969 persons from wave 14 (2014-2015) of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey were included in the analysis. Psychosocial job characteristics included skill discretion, decision authority and job insecurity. Mental health was assesse..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is funded by Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. Its contents, including any opinions, and/or conclusions expressed, are solely those of the authors.