Impact of Chronic Diseases on Labour Force Participation among South African Women: Further Analysis of Population-Based Data

Michael Ekholuenetale (), Anthony Ike Wegbom, Clement Kevin Edet, Charity Ehimwenma Joshua, Amadou Barrow and Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam
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Michael Ekholuenetale: Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria
Anthony Ike Wegbom: Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt 500101, Nigeria
Clement Kevin Edet: Department of Community Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt 500101, Nigeria
Charity Ehimwenma Joshua: Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja 900107, Nigeria
Amadou Barrow: Department of Public & Environmental Health, School of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Kanifing 3530, The Gambia
Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam: Department of Public Health, Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI), College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City 300001, Nigeria

World, 2023, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: The impact of chronic diseases on labour force participation is not frequently examined or considered as part of cost-of-illness studies. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of chronic diseases on labour force participation among South African women. This study included 6126 women from the 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey. Labour force participation/employment was the outcome variable. Data were analyzed in percentage and multivariable binary logistic regression. Results showed that approximately 28.7% of women participated in the labour force and about 5.0% had diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes among women who are not in the labour force was 5.5%, whereas those in the labour force reported 3.8% prevalence of diabetes. The diabetic women had 35% reduction in labour force participation when compared with non-diabetic women (aOR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.48 to 0.89). Geographical region was associated with labour force participation. Rural women and those currently in union/living with a man had 35% (aOR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.56 to 0.76) and 27% (aOR = 0.73; 95% CI: 0.64 to 0.85) reduction in labour force participation, respectively, when compared with their urban and single counterparts. The findings of this study revealed that diabetes was significantly associated with reduction in labour force participation among women.

Keywords: diabetes; NCDs; cardiovascular diseases; health economics; women’s empowerment; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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