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106 lines
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abstract: 'Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has posed considerable challenges for
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people''s health, work situations and life satisfaction. This article
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reports on a study of the relationship between self-reported health and
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life satisfaction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway, and
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examines the role of work in explaining the health-life satisfaction
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relationship.
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Method: The study was based on survey data collected from 3185 Norwegian
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employees in 2019 and 3002 employees in 2020. Propensity score matching
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techniques were used to assess the mediating effects of work situations
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and income loss on the health-life satisfaction relationship. Skew-t
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regression models were further applied to estimate changes in life
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satisfaction before and during the pandemic, as well as to explore
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different underlying mechanisms for the health-life satisfaction
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association.
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Results: The study found a negative association between ill health and
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life satisfaction. Compared to the healthy population, people with poor
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health were more likely to experience worsened work situations. A
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negative work situation is further associated with lower life
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satisfaction, and the pandemic aggravated life satisfaction for those
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who had worsened work situations. When exploring central contributing
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factors for life satisfaction, we found that health-related risks and
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work-life balance played predominant roles in predicting life
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satisfaction before the pandemic, while different types of household
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structure were among the most important predictors of life satisfaction
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during the pandemic.
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Conclusion: A reduction in life satisfaction is explained by ill health,
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but different underlying mechanisms facilitated people''s life
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satisfaction before and during the pandemic. While work situation and
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health risks were important predictors for life satisfaction in 2019,
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worries about more unstable work situations and less access to family
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support accentuated worsened life satisfaction in 2020. The findings
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suggest the necessity of labour market interventions that address the
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security and maintenance of proper and predictable work situations,
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especially in these more uncertain times.'
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affiliation: 'Bakkeli, NZ (Corresponding Author), Oslo Metropolitan Univ, Consumpt
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Studies Norway, POB 4, N-0130 Oslo, Norway.
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Bakkeli, Nan Zou, Oslo Metropolitan Univ, Consumpt Studies Norway, POB 4, N-0130
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Oslo, Norway.'
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article-number: '100804'
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author: Bakkeli, Nan Zou
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author-email: Nan.Bakkeli@oslomet.no
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author_list:
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- family: Bakkeli
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given: Nan Zou
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100804
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earlyaccessdate: MAY 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: Life satisfaction; Health; Work; COVID-19; Inequality
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keywords-plus: 'SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; MENTAL-HEALTH; FAMILY CONFLICT; WELFARE-STATE;
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ILL
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HEALTH; HAPPINESS; IMPACT; DETERMINANTS; EMPLOYMENT; OUTCOMES'
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number-of-cited-references: '104'
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orcid-numbers: Bakkeli, Nan/0000-0002-4089-020X
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papis_id: 9f12257862f653336a80b6db9e5a9b2e
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ref: Bakkeli2021healthwork
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times-cited: '19'
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title: 'Health, work, and contributing factors on life satisfaction: A study in Norway
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before and during the COVID-19 pandemic'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000661125200048
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '25'
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volume: '14'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2021'
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