Open AccessThe Connection between Low Income, Weak Labour Force Attachment and Poor Health
Author(s) -
Myriam Fortin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p62s5f
Subject(s) - demographic economics , connection (principal bundle) , logistic regression , population , low income , economics , socioeconomics , demography , sociology , medicine , mathematics , geometry
Using 1994-2004 data from the National Population Health Survey, this papersheds light on the health situation of working-age Canadians and tests theconnection between low income, weak labour force attachment and poor health using logistic regressions. Results indicate that persistently poor or weakly employed Canadians are in much poorer health than other Canadians, and that being persistently poor increases the probability of experiencing deterioration in health as much as being in poor health increases the probability of becoming poor, but that being persistently unemployed has an even stronger impact on health status.