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“The double burden of precariousness,” a paper on the effects of employment and housing precariousness on self-perceived stress.

“The double burden of precariousness: linking housing, employment, and perceived stress – a cross-sectional study,” a paper from GREDS-EMCONET and the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center researchers, has been published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. It is one of the first articles to study the effect of employment and housing precariousness on stress with a multidimensional approach.
04.07.2022

 

Employment precariousness is a social determinant of health, and consequently a chronic stressor. Although there is still no agreed-upon definition of employment precariousness, for researchers Josep M. Caroz-Armayones, Joan Benach, Carlos Delclós and Mireia Julià, studies related to this topic have focused on a one-dimensional approach (temporality or subjective job insecurity), leaving out the various forms and implications of precariousness. According to the authors of “The double burden of precariousness: linking housing, employment, and perceived stress – a cross-sectional study,” employment precariousness affects several living conditions that can influence self-perceived stress, including housing conditions. Given the above, this article seeks to understand the relationship between these forms of instability and stress, based on multidimensional approaches to employment and housing precariousness and emphasizing their interaction to analyse how they shape and influence this specific health problem.

A cross-sectional study was carried out using data from the PRESSED survey to examine the effects of employment and housing precariousness. The questionnaire is part of a mixed research design that studies the pathways between precarious employment, living conditions, and health outcomes. Results indicate that precarious employment directly influences stress, with precarious workers being the most likely to suffer from major levels of self-perceived stress, considering their sociodemographic characteristics and housing conditions. Furthermore, it has been appreciated that this relationship is mediated by precarious housing conditions, accounting for 16% of the total effect. However, these effects are unevenly distributed according to sociodemographic characteristics, especially among people of non-European origin.

The full article can be accessed online here.

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