How is it to be temporarily employed?

SND-ID: SND 0840

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Gunnar Aronsson - Stockholm University, Department of Psychology

Sara Göransson - Stockholm University, Department of Psychology

Description

A flexible income and fixed expenses : Economic stress among on call-employees The aim of the study was to investigate the economic situation of temporary employees. The study group consisted of 778 on call employees.The response rate was 56 percent. Twenty percent had experience from being treated in different economic affairs.

Over 50 percent of them answered that the form of employment was an impediment to get a loan and above 40 percent that it was an impediment to get a lease. The study group is strongly polarized as regards to economical matters. There is a clear connection between poverty and health. Those who often worried about economy and were poor had lower psychological well-being (GHQ-12), more complaints from stomach, back and neck, more headache, and were more tired and listless.

Purpose:

To investigate the economic situation of temporary employees.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Arbetslivsinstitutet

Responsible department/unit

Arbetslivsinstitutet, Work and Health

Funding

Funding agency: Rådet för arbetslivsforskning

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

Method

Unit of analysis

Group

Population

On call employees

Time Method

Cross-section

Time period(s) investigated

1998-01-01–1998-01-01

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Subject area

Consumption and consumer behaviour, General health and well-being, Employment, Unemployment, Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Work Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

occupations, social welfare, job satisfaction, unemployment, economic conditions, ill health, standard of living, employment history, economic activity, temporary employment, job security, symptoms, working conditions

Publications

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Aronsson G, Dallner M, & Lindh T. Flexibla inkomster och fasta utgifter - en studie om ekonomisk stress och hälsa bland korttidsanställda. Arbete och hälsa 2000:20.

Isaksson K., Aronsson G., Bellagh K., & Göransson S. Att ofta byta arbetsplats - en jämförelse mellan uthyrda och korttidsanställda. Arbete och hälsa 2001:7.

Aronsson G, Dallner M, Lindh T, & Göransson S. Flexible pay but fixed expenses: personal, financial strain among on-call employees. International Journal of Health Services, Vol 35, no 3, pp 499-528.

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