Employment status and mental health among persons with and without a disability: evidence from an Australian cohort study

• Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) Vol. 68; no. 11; pp. 1064 - 1071
• Main Authors: Milner, A, LaMontagne, A D, Aitken, Z, Bentley, R, Kavanagh, A M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group 01.11.2014; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adult; Australia; Biological and medical sciences; Community health; Disabilities; Disabled persons; Disabled Persons - psychology; Economics; Educational Status; Employment; Employment - economics; Employment - psychology; Family Characteristics; Female; General aspects; Health Status Disparities; Health surveys; Household income; Households; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Quality of life; Regression Analysis; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Substance use, addiction and mental health; Unemployment; Unemployment - psychology; Workforce; Australia; Oceania; Disability; Medicine; Profession; Employment; Sociodemographic factor; Cohort study; Mental health; Social aspect; Public health; DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT

Background Unemployment and economic inactivity are associated with worse mental health in the general population, but there is limited understanding of whether these relationships are different for those persons with mental or physical disabilities. The aim of this study was to assess whether there...