Open AccessPrecarious employment and new-onset severe depressive symptoms: a population-based prospective study in South Korea
Author(s) -
SukYong Jang,
Hyerim Bae,
Jaeyong Shin,
Sohee Park
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3498
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , demography , confidence interval , depression (economics) , medicine , depressive symptoms , odds ratio , population , psychiatry , economics , anxiety , sociology , macroeconomics
Considering the effect of sex and head of household responsibilities, this study was designed to evaluate whether precarious employment is associated with the development of new-onset severe depressive symptoms.