工作缺乏安全感危害上班族健康(2/3)

They were about twice more likely to report physical health that was less than very good or excellent than workers who expressed feelings of job security at both interviews. Private-sector workers were more vulnerable to the negative health effects of job insecurity than public-sector workers. Job insecurity was especially hard on the well-being of black workers. Black workers who felt constantly insecure about their jobs were nearly three times as likely as insecure whites and more than four times as likely as secure whites to report very high levels of depressive symptoms. The findings suggest that there may be worker health repercussions as the result of current trends in the U. S. labor market, such as outsourcing, downsizing and the increase in nonstandard jobs with reduced hours and benefits.

与在两次访谈中都表示对自己现有工作充满信心的人相比，前者认为自己的健康状况达不到良好或优秀程度的可能性要比后者高出大约2倍。 那些在私营单位工作的人要比公营单位工作的人更容易受到工作不安全感对身体健康的负面影响。工作不安全感对于黑人员工的健康的影响尤为强烈。感到工作没有保障的黑人员工数量几乎是白人的3倍，而出现抑郁症状的可能性则是白人的4倍多。 该研究分析，造成上班族健康状况逐渐恶化的原因或许在于美国劳动力市场眼下日渐流行的趋势，比如通过外购来获得更多的服务或产品，缩小企业规模以及增加工时和待遇都减少的非标准工作岗位等。