abstract: 'Re-entering the labour market after a period of unemployment can be

  challenging for seniors. This study investigates personal as well as

  circumstantial barriers and facilitators of re-employment. Unemployed

  seniors in Denmark (>= 50 years, n = 1636) from the first wave

  (mid-2018) of the SeniorWorkingLife study were prospectively followed

  until March 2020 in national registers on labour market participation.

  Using weighted logistic-regression-modelled odds ratios (ORs), we

  estimated the association between personal and circumstantial factors at

  baseline and re-employment during follow-up. During follow-up, 28\%

  re-entered paid employment. The desire to have a job (reference: not

  having the desire to have a job) increased the likelihood of

  re-employment (OR 2.35, 95\% CI 1.14-4.85). Contrastingly, a higher age

  (60-63 vs. 50-54 years; OR 0.36, 95\% CI 0.16-0.79) and poor health (OR

  0.32, 95\% CI 0.16-0.61) decreased the likelihood of re-employment. Sex,

  education and belief that age constitutes a barrier to re-employment

  were not associated with the likelihood of re-employment. Unemployed

  seniors desiring to have a job are more likely to get a job. However, a

  higher age and poor health are important barriers that should be taken

  into account, e.g., by ensuring employment opportunities for these

  groups in society.'
affiliation: 'Thomassen, K (Corresponding Author), Natl Res Ctr Working Environm,
  DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Thomassen, Kristina; Sundstrup, Emil; Vinstrup, Jonas; Seeberg, Karina Glies Vincents;
  Andersen, Lars Louis, Natl Res Ctr Working Environm, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Andersen, Lars Louis, Aalborg Univ, Dept Hlth Sci \& Technol, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.'
article-number: '11536'
author: Thomassen, Kristina and Sundstrup, Emil and Vinstrup, Jonas and Seeberg, Karina
  Glies Vincents and Andersen, Lars Louis
author-email: krt@nfa.dk
author_list:
- family: Thomassen
  given: Kristina
- family: Sundstrup
  given: Emil
- family: Vinstrup
  given: Jonas
- family: Seeberg
  given: Karina Glies Vincents
- family: Andersen
  given: Lars Louis
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811536
eissn: 1660-4601
files: []
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: 're-employment; return to work; unemployment; unemployment

  characteristics; seniors; occupational; worker'
keywords-plus: 'PAID EMPLOYMENT; OLDER WORKERS; POOR HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; EXIT; IMPACT;

  EUROPE'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '18'
number-of-cited-references: '32'
orcid-numbers: 'Vinstrup, Jonas/0000-0001-8430-0139

  Andersen, Lars L./0000-0003-2777-8085'
papis_id: f038f2adeb02973ec3e9364f549503c5
ref: Thomassen2022barriersfacilitators
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Barriers and Facilitators of Re-Employment among Senior Workers: Prospective
  Cohort Study'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000857719600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '6'
usage-count-since-2013: '15'
volume: '19'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental \& Occupational
  Health
year: '2022'