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abstract: 'Background: Health status is a crucial determinant of an individuals''
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labour market outcomes. The present study investigates the association
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between obesity and disability with perceived employment discrimination
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within Australia.
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Methods: A total of 17,174 person-year observations from the 11,079
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respondents were analysed using four waves of data from the Household,
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Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The primary
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outcome examined was employment discrimination, using obesity and
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disability as the main exposure variables. The longitudinal
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random-effects regression technique was applied to investigate the
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between-person differences in employment discrimination associated with
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obesity and disability.
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Results: The findings suggest that more than one in ten (12.68 \%)
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Australians experienced employment discrimination. The odds of being
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discriminated against while applying for a job were 1.56 times (aOR:
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1.56, 95 \% CI: 1.15-2.11) higher for obese than their healthy weight
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counterparts in youngest women. Adults with a disability had 1.89 times
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(aOR: 1.89, 95 \% CI: 1.65-2.17) higher odds of being discriminated
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against than peers without disability.
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Conclusion: The results provide evidence that obesity and disability
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contribute to employment discrimination in Australia. The findings can
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assist government and related agencies to consider the adequacy of
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existing discrimination legislation and help organisations to develop
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appropriate policies to address discrimination against obese and
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disabled people in their workplaces.'
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affiliation: 'Keramat, SA (Corresponding Author), Univ Southern Queensland, Sch Business,
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Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
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Keramat, Syed Afroz; Alam, Khorshed; Rana, Rezwanul Hasan; Gow, Jeff, Univ Southern
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Queensland, Sch Business, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
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Keramat, Syed Afroz, Khulna Univ, Social Sci Sch, Econ Discipline, Khulna 9208,
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Bangladesh.
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Keramat, Syed Afroz; Alam, Khorshed; Biddle, Stuart J. H., Univ Southern Queensland,
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Ctr Hlth Res, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
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Das Shuvo, Suvasish, Jashore Univ Sci \& Technol, Dept Nutr \& Food Technol, Jashore,
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Bangladesh.
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Gow, Jeff, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Accounting Econ \& Finance, ZA-4000 Durban, South
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Africa.
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Keating, Byron, Queensland Univ Technol, Fac Business \& Law, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.'
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article-number: '100923'
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author: Keramat, Syed Afroz and Alam, Khorshed and Rana, Rezwanul Hasan and Das Shuvo,
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Suvasish and Gow, Jeff and Biddle, Stuart J. H. and Keating, Byron
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author-email: afroz.keramat@usq.edu.au
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author_list:
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- family: Keramat
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given: Syed Afroz
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- family: Alam
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given: Khorshed
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- family: Rana
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given: Rezwanul Hasan
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- family: Das Shuvo
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given: Suvasish
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- family: Gow
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given: Jeff
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- family: Biddle
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given: Stuart J. H.
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- family: Keating
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given: Byron
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100923
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earlyaccessdate: SEP 2021
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files: []
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issn: 2352-8273
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journal: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
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keywords: Australia; Disability; Employment discrimination; HILDA; Obesity
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keywords-plus: BODY-MASS INDEX; WORK; WEIGHT; ASSOCIATION; HARASSMENT; EMPLOYEES;
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BIG
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language: English
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month: DEC
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number-of-cited-references: '44'
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orcid-numbers: 'Rana, Rezwanul/0000-0002-3347-3205
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Keramat, Syed Afroz/0000-0001-8747-9891
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Biddle, Stuart/0000-0002-7663-6895
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Keating, Byron/0000-0003-4864-7789'
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papis_id: 63d5f985fda766bf9cfeb222cfd8b012
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ref: Keramat2021agegender
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researcherid-numbers: 'Rana, Rezwanul/AAB-2100-2020
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Keramat, Syed Afroz/AAN-2755-2020
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times-cited: '3'
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title: 'Age and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and disability
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with self-perceived employment discrimination: Results from a retrospective study
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of an Australian national sample'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000705093600006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '11'
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volume: '16'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2021'
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