The Nature of Employment in a High Socioeconomic Hardship Community: Data From the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Survey.

J Occup Environ Med

From the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (T.B., L.F., L.M.C, D.C., S.G.), Department of Psychiatry (K.M.R.), Division of Community Health Sciences (A.C., J.H.-B.), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Sinai Health System, Chicago, Illinois (A.H.); Rush Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (T.B.); and Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, Illinois (Y.C.).

Published: November 2024

Objectives: This cross-sectional survey aimed to examine employment characteristics and their associations with employment precarity in two high socioeconomic hardship Chicago neighborhoods.

Methods: We used a community-based participatory approach to develop and administer a survey to residents who perceived their work situations to be precarious.

Results: A total of 489 residents were surveyed. Responses were skewed toward the most precarious work situations, with the majority of respondents employed outside of a traditional arrangement. Those in the highest precarity category were most likely to identify as Latinx and born outside of the United States. Unstable, low-quality employment conditions were nearly all significantly associated with highest precarity work situations.

Conclusions: Precarious employment is an important predictor of other employment conditions, and characterizing these at a hyperlocal level allows for a nuanced understanding of work as a determinant of health.

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