Employment Arrangements and Mental Health in a Cohort of Working Australians: Are Transitions From Permanent to Temporary Employment Associated With Changes in Mental Health?

Anthony D LaMontagne; Allison Milner; Lauren Krnjacki; Anne M Kavanagh; Tony A Blakely; Rebecca Bentley

Journal article

Employment Arrangements and Mental Health in a Cohort of Working Australians: Are Transitions From Permanent to Temporary Employment Associated With Changes in Mental Health?

Anthony D LaMontagne, Allison Milner, Lauren Krnjacki, Anne M Kavanagh, Tony A Blakely, Rebecca Bentley

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu093

Abstract

We investigated whether being in temporary employment, as compared with permanent employment, was associated with a difference in Short Form 36 mental health and whether transitions from permanent employment to temporary employment were associated with mental health changes. We used fixed-effects regression in a nationally representative Australian sample with 10 waves of data collection (2001-2010). Interactions by age and sex were tested. Two forms of temporary employment were studied: "casual" (no paid leave entitlements or fixed hours) and "fixed-term contract" (a defined employment period plus paid leave). There were no significant mental health differences between temporary employment ..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Tony Lamontagne Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Anne Kavanagh Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Rebecca Bentley Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Tony Blakely Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Funding Acknowledgements

[ "This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) through both project (grant 375196) and postdoctoral research fellowship (to A. M.) funding (NHMRC Capacity-Building grant 546248). This study also received center grant funding (grant 15732) from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).", "This analysis used unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either the Australian Government Department of Social Services or the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research." ]