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01.01.2016 | Original Article

Marital status and work-related health limitation: a longitudinal study of young adult and middle-aged Americans

verfasst von: Celia C. Lo, Tyrone C. Cheng, Gaynell M. Simpson

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 1/2016

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Abstract

Objectives

The literature establishes clearly the health benefit of marriage. Much less clear from published data is whether work-related health (dis)advantages accruing to marital transitions persist over time or are limited to the short term. Informed by the marital resources and marital crisis perspectives, this study sought links between marital status measured via three approaches and work-related health limitation, exploring these relationships across genders.

Methods

The study employed data from eight recent waves (1996–2010) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. It applied generalized estimating equations to estimate the impacts, on work-related health limitation, of current marital status; of marital transition 2 years in the past; and of marital transition 8 years in the past.

Results

Our gender-specific results indicated that lower likelihood of work-related health limitation was associated with a married status, a stable married status, and an entry into marriage.

Conclusions

Results are consistent overall with the marital resources perspective. The use of three different approaches to evaluate the relationship of marital status to work-related health limitation may explain the gender-specific results.

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Titel: Marital status and work-related health limitation: a longitudinal study of young adult and middle-aged Americans
verfasst von: Celia C. Lo
Tyrone C. Cheng
Gaynell M. Simpson
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2016
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 1/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0695-6

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Marital status and work-related health limitation: a longitudinal study of young adult and middle-aged Americans

Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Results

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