abstract: 'Background: Health status is a crucial determinant of an individuals''

  labour market outcomes. The present study investigates the association

  between obesity and disability with perceived employment discrimination

  within Australia.

  Methods: A total of 17,174 person-year observations from the 11,079

  respondents were analysed using four waves of data from the Household,

  Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The primary

  outcome examined was employment discrimination, using obesity and

  disability as the main exposure variables. The longitudinal

  random-effects regression technique was applied to investigate the

  between-person differences in employment discrimination associated with

  obesity and disability.

  Results: The findings suggest that more than one in ten (12.68 \%)

  Australians experienced employment discrimination. The odds of being

  discriminated against while applying for a job were 1.56 times (aOR:

  1.56, 95 \% CI: 1.15-2.11) higher for obese than their healthy weight

  counterparts in youngest women. Adults with a disability had 1.89 times

  (aOR: 1.89, 95 \% CI: 1.65-2.17) higher odds of being discriminated

  against than peers without disability.

  Conclusion: The results provide evidence that obesity and disability

  contribute to employment discrimination in Australia. The findings can

  assist government and related agencies to consider the adequacy of

  existing discrimination legislation and help organisations to develop

  appropriate policies to address discrimination against obese and

  disabled people in their workplaces.'
affiliation: 'Keramat, SA (Corresponding Author), Univ Southern Queensland, Sch Business,
  Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.

  Keramat, Syed Afroz; Alam, Khorshed; Rana, Rezwanul Hasan; Gow, Jeff, Univ Southern
  Queensland, Sch Business, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.

  Keramat, Syed Afroz, Khulna Univ, Social Sci Sch, Econ Discipline, Khulna 9208,
  Bangladesh.

  Keramat, Syed Afroz; Alam, Khorshed; Biddle, Stuart J. H., Univ Southern Queensland,
  Ctr Hlth Res, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.

  Das Shuvo, Suvasish, Jashore Univ Sci \& Technol, Dept Nutr \& Food Technol, Jashore,
  Bangladesh.

  Gow, Jeff, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Accounting Econ \& Finance, ZA-4000 Durban, South
  Africa.

  Keating, Byron, Queensland Univ Technol, Fac Business \& Law, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.'
article-number: '100923'
author: Keramat, Syed Afroz and Alam, Khorshed and Rana, Rezwanul Hasan and Das Shuvo,
  Suvasish and Gow, Jeff and Biddle, Stuart J. H. and Keating, Byron
author-email: afroz.keramat@usq.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Keramat
  given: Syed Afroz
- family: Alam
  given: Khorshed
- family: Rana
  given: Rezwanul Hasan
- family: Das Shuvo
  given: Suvasish
- family: Gow
  given: Jeff
- family: Biddle
  given: Stuart J. H.
- family: Keating
  given: Byron
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100923
earlyaccessdate: SEP 2021
files: []
issn: 2352-8273
journal: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
keywords: Australia; Disability; Employment discrimination; HILDA; Obesity
keywords-plus: BODY-MASS INDEX; WORK; WEIGHT; ASSOCIATION; HARASSMENT; EMPLOYEES;
  BIG
language: English
month: DEC
number-of-cited-references: '44'
orcid-numbers: 'Rana, Rezwanul/0000-0002-3347-3205

  Keramat, Syed Afroz/0000-0001-8747-9891

  Biddle, Stuart/0000-0002-7663-6895

  Keating, Byron/0000-0003-4864-7789'
papis_id: 63d5f985fda766bf9cfeb222cfd8b012
ref: Keramat2021agegender
researcherid-numbers: 'Rana, Rezwanul/AAB-2100-2020

  Keramat, Syed Afroz/AAN-2755-2020

  '
times-cited: '3'
title: 'Age and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and disability
  with self-perceived employment discrimination: Results from a retrospective study
  of an Australian national sample'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000705093600006
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '16'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2021'