Economic Hardship and Health Within Sociodemographic and Occupational Groups - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2022-2023

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Silver, Sharon R. ; Li, Jia ; Shockey, Taylor M.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Economic hardships can limit workers' ability to prevent and address adverse health conditions. What is added by this report? In this exploratory analysis of 2022-2023 survey data, 6.9% of currently employed or recently unemployed U.S. adults in 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands reported at least four of eight economic hardship indicators, suggesting a high level of economic hardship, and 12.5% reported having fair or poor health. Compared with prevalences among all workers combined, prevalences of lacking health insurance and of cost preventing needed medical care were elevated for all but one occupational group with a high level of economic hardship. Workers in occupational groups with a high level of economic hardship were more likely to report fair or poor self-rated health. What are the implications for public health practice? Policymakers and public health practitioners might develop prevention and intervention strategies tailored to occupational groups with high levels of economic hardships to enhance health.
• Subjects:
  Employment Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Economic impact; Employment; Occupations; Policy; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; BRFSS; Sociodemographic factors; Health effects
• Source:
  MMWR 2025 May; 74(19):326-333
• Series:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Chicago Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  74
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071448
• Email:
  von3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be80c3b86b7a2fcd816389c11a5de1da42b39e8ab367e85189b93dff0d4e462d918ac089726d965b0574502c030ebadc6522ab1ac8d73957a900da84ddead138
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259047/cdc_259047_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 605.09 KB ]