Job insecurity, work-family imbalance, and hostile work environment: prevalence data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

Details

• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Dahlhamer JM ; Luckhaupt SE ; Ward BW
• Description:
  Background: Little nationally representative information on job insecurity, workfamily imbalance, and hostile work environments experienced by workers in the US is available. Methods: Prevalence rates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were calculated for three workplace psychosocial factors (job insecurity, work-family imbalance, bullying/harassment) using SUDAAN to account for the complex NHIS sample design. Results: Data were available for 17,524 adults who worked in the 12 months that preceded the interview. Overall prevalence rates were 31.7% for job insecurity, 16.3% for work-family imbalance, and 7.8% for hostile work environment (being bullied or harassed). The highest prevalence rate of job insecurity was found for construction and extraction occupations. Workers in legal occupations had the highest prevalence rate of work-family imbalance. Workers in protective service occupations had the highest prevalence rate of hostile work environment. Conclusions: We identified demographic characteristics along with industries and occupations with the highest prevalence rates for three adverse workplace psychosocial factors. These data can be used for benchmarking and identification of targets for investigation and intervention activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Job Stress Bullying Construction Industry Job Insecurity Job Stress Mental Health National Survey Psychosocial Factors Work-family Balance Work-family Imbalance
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041631
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Jun; 56(6):660-669
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Toni Alterman, PhD, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway,R-17, Cincinnati,OH 45226
• Email:
  talterman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6718c1093c965d10af948de03512428a86a0aa7b632f003ac13cc1f1e76a86cbb34f481f7a70a068dc42636d34b5c8af03ab4915eb2ed5dd2539221f447b06aa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194135/cdc_194135_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 132.56 KB ]