The relationship between precarious employment and subjective well-being in Korean wage workers through the Cantril ladder Scale
10.35371/aoem.2020.32.e11
- Author:
Go CHOI
1
;
Shin-Goo PARK
;
Youna WON
;
Hyeonwoo JU
;
Sung Wook JANG
;
Hyung Doo KIM
;
Hyun-Suk JANG
;
Hwan-Cheol KIM
;
Jong-Han LEEM
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea
- Publication Type:Research Article
- From:Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2020;32(1):e11-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Background:The global labor market is moving towards increasing job instability. Relatively few studies have examined the relationship between precarious employment and subjective well-being using quantitative scales. We evaluated the association between wage workers' employment status and their subjective well-being through the Cantril ladder scale using Korean Welfare Panel Survey data (KOWEPS).
Methods:This study used KOWEPS data. A total of 4,423 wage workers were divided into permanently employed workers, temporarily employed workers and daily employed workers.The relationship between precarious employment and subjective well-being was analyzed by multiple linear regression adjusted for potential confounding factors.
Results:The more unstable the employment status, the lower the subjective well-being, which can be expressed by the Cantril ladder scale. The mean score of both temporarily employed and daily employed workers were statistically significantly lower (B = −0.454, p < 0.001; B = −0.994, p < 0.001, respectively) than permanently employed workers. This appeared to be the same when occupational and sociodemographic factors were adjusted (B = −0.153, p = 0.002 for temporarily employed, B = −0.610, p < 0.001 for daily employed).
Conclusions:The more unstable the employment status, the lower the subjective well-being score according to the Cantril ladder scale.
