abstract: 'BackgroundPrecarious work is an increasingly common characteristic of

  industrialized labor markets that can widen health inequities,

  especially among disadvantaged workforce segments. Study objectives are

  to compare precarious employment in workers with and without

  disabilities, and to examine the modifying effect of disability in the

  relationships between age, job tenure and precarious

  work.MethodsEmployed Canadians with (n=901) and without disabilities (n

  =901) were surveyed on exposure to precarious working conditions.

  Information on age and job tenure were collected from respondents along

  with sociodemographic, health and work context details. Multivariable

  logistic models examined the association between disability and

  precarious work. Also, multigroup probit models examined precarious work

  for young (18-35yrs), middle-aged (36-50yrs) and older adults (>50yrs)

  and job tenure and was stratified by participants with and without

  disabilities.ResultsAlmost equal proportions of young, middle-aged and

  older participants were recruited. Mean job tenure of participants was

  9.5years (SD=9.0). Close to one-third of participants reported working

  precariously. At the multivariable level, a disability was not

  associated with working precariously. However, multigroup modelling

  indicated that disability was a significant effect-modifier. Older

  adults with a disability had a 1.88 times greater odds of reporting

  precarious work when compared to young adults (OR=1.88, 95\%CI 1.19,

  2.98). When reporting a disability, longer job tenure was related to a

  0.95 times lower odds of precarious work (OR=0.95 95\%CI 0.93, 0.98).

  The relationship between age and job tenure was not significant for

  those not reporting a disability.DiscussionPrecarious work has the

  potential to affect workers with and without disabilities. For those

  with a disability, being an older adult and/or a new worker can

  contribute to a greater likelihood of being employed precariously.

  Policies and programs can be recommended to address precarious working

  conditions and related health inequities for people with disabilities

  based on life and career phase.'
affiliation: 'Jetha, A (Corresponding Author), Inst Work \& Hlth, Suite 1800,480 Univ
  Ave, Toronto, ON M5A 1S5, Canada.

  Jetha, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Toronto,
  ON, Canada.

  Jetha, Arif; Ibrahim, Selahadin; Gignac, Monique A. M., Inst Work \& Hlth, Suite
  1800,480 Univ Ave, Toronto, ON M5A 1S5, Canada.

  Jetha, Arif; Gignac, Monique A. M., Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Toronto,
  ON, Canada.

  Ginis, Kathleen A. Martin, Univ British Columbia, Dept Med, Div Phys Med \& Rehabil,
  Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  Ginis, Kathleen A. Martin, Univ British Columbia, Sch Hlth \& Exercise Sci, Kelowna,
  BC, Canada.

  Ginis, Kathleen A. Martin, Univ British Columbia, Southern Med Program, Ctr Chron
  Dis Prevent \& Management, Kelowna, BC, Canada.

  Gignac, Monique A. M., Krembil Res Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada.'
article-number: '1900'
author: Jetha, Arif and Ginis, Kathleen A. Martin and Ibrahim, Selahadin and Gignac,
  Monique A. M.
author-email: ajetha@iwh.on.ca
author_list:
- family: Jetha
  given: Arif
- family: Ginis
  given: Kathleen A. Martin
- family: Ibrahim
  given: Selahadin
- family: Gignac
  given: Monique A. M.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09938-1
eissn: 1471-2458
files: []
journal: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: 'Precarious working conditions; Disability; Job tenure; age; multigroup

  modeling'
keywords-plus: SELF-RATED HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; INSECURITY; QUALITY; SAMPLE
language: English
month: DEC 10
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '44'
papis_id: 7cef5c051b7632b583d3f9d523bc1ea3
ref: Jetha2020workingdisadvantaged
times-cited: '9'
title: 'The working disadvantaged: the role of age, job tenure and disability in precarious
  work'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000600005100004
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '20'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2020'