Precarious sleep? Nonstandard work, gender, and sleep disturbance in 31 European countries

Quan D. Mai, Anna W. Jacobs and Scott Schieman

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 237, issue C, -

Abstract: Despite the advent of precarious work, little is known about how this form of employment can generate disparities in sleep outcomes. We extend existing work by providing a theoretical framework linking different measures of work precarity to sleep problems. We argue that the association between objective precarious working conditions and sleep disturbance is channeled through and mediated by subjective work precarity. We further argue that gender moderates the relationship between objective and subjective work precarity. We test this theoretical framework using the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey. Our results indicate that objective precarious working conditions undermine sleep by promoting the subjective experience of insecurity. Furthermore, the indirect effect of objective precarious work on sleep disturbance through subjective employment insecurity varies by gender: compared to women in similar working conditions, men report higher levels of subjective precarity. This research makes important contributions to the literatures on the health consequences of nonstandard work and social determinants of well-being.

Keywords: Sleep; Precarious work; Nonstandard work; Gender; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112424

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