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Author: Jones-Smith, Jessica C.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Oddo, Vanessa M.
Zhuang, Castiel Chen
Dugan, Jerome A.
Andrea, Sarah B.
Hajat, Anjum
Peckham, Trevor
Jones-Smith, Jessica C.
Association between Precarious Employment and BMI in the United States
Obesity published online (21 December 2022): DOI: 10.1002/oby.23591.
Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.23591
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Employment, Intermittent/Precarious

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Objective: There is growing recognition that precarious employment is an important determinant of health, which may increase BMI through multiple mechanisms, including stress. It was investigated whether increases in precarious employment were associated with changes in BMI in the United States.

Methods: Data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth adult cohort (1996-2016) (N = 7280). Thirteen indicators were identified to operationalize seven dimensions of precarious employment (range: 0-7, 7 indicating most precarious): material rewards, working-time arrangements, stability, workers' rights, collective organization, interpersonal relationships, and training. The precarious employment-BMI association was estimated using linear regression models and an instrumental variables approach; state- and individual-level firm sizes were the instruments for precarious employment. Models also included individual and year fixed effects and controlled for age, marital status, education, region, and industry.

Results: The average precarious employment score (PES) was 3.49 (95% CI: 3.46–3.52). The PES was the highest among Hispanic (4.04; 95% CI: 3.92-4.15) and non-Hispanic Black (4.02; 95% CI: 3.92-4.12) women with lower education. A 1-point increase in the PES was associated with a 2.18-point increase in BMI (95% CI: 0.30-4.01).

Bibliography Citation
Oddo, Vanessa M., Castiel Chen Zhuang, Jerome A. Dugan, Sarah B. Andrea, Anjum Hajat, Trevor Peckham and Jessica C. Jones-Smith. "Association between Precarious Employment and BMI in the United States." Obesity published online (21 December 2022): DOI: 10.1002/oby.23591.
2. Zhuang, Castiel Chen
Jones-Smith, Jessica C.
Andrea, Sarah B.
Hajat, Anjum
Oddo, Vanessa M.
Maternal Precarious Employment and Child Overweight/Obesity in the United States
Preventive Medicine published online (2 March 2023): 107471.
Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743523000518
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Child Health; Employment, Intermittent/Precarious; Maternal Employment; Obesity

Precarious employment has increased in the United States and is now recognized as an important social determinant of health. Women are disproportionately employed in precarious jobs and are largely responsible for caretaking, which could deleteriously affect child weight. We utilized data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth adult and child cohorts (1996-2016; N = 4453) and identified 13 survey indicators to operationalize 7 dimensions of precarious employment (score range: 0-7, 7 indicating the most precarious): material rewards, working-time arrangements, stability, workers' rights, collective organization, interpersonal relations, and training. We estimated the association between maternal precarious employment and incident child overweight/obesity (BMI ≥85th percentile) using adjusted Poisson models. Between 1996 and 2016, the average age-adjusted precarious employment score among mothers was 3.7 (Standard Error [SE] = 0.02) and the average prevalence of children with overweight/obesity was 26.2% (SE = 0.5). Higher maternal precarious employment was associated with a 10% higher incidence of children having overweight/obesity (Confidence Interval: 1.05, 1.14). A higher incidence of childhood overweight/obesity may have important implications at the population-level, due to the long-term health consequences of child obesity into adulthood. Policies to reduce employment precariousness should be considered and monitored for impacts on childhood obesity.
Bibliography Citation
Zhuang, Castiel Chen, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Sarah B. Andrea, Anjum Hajat and Vanessa M. Oddo. "Maternal Precarious Employment and Child Overweight/Obesity in the United States." Preventive Medicine published online (2 March 2023): 107471.