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Title: Effects of Labor Force Participation on Women's Health - New Evidence from a Longitudinal Study
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1. Waldron, Ingrid
Jacobs, Jerry A.
Effects of Labor Force Participation on Women's Health - New Evidence from a Longitudinal Study
Journal of Occupational Medicine 30,12 (December 1988): 977-983
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: American Occupational Medical Assciation, 1968-
Keyword(s): Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status; Occupational Status; Part-Time Work; Women

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The effects of labor force participation on women's health are evaluated in analyses of data from the NLS of Mature Women. The results indicate that labor force participation had beneficial effects on health for unmarried women and for married black women with blue collar usual occupations. In contrast, labor force participation appears to have had harmful effects on health for married women with white collar usual occupations. Our findings, taken together with previous evidence, suggest that employment contributes to increased social support and consequently employment has beneficial effects on health for unmarried women and for married women whose husbands are not emotionally supportive confidants. Additional results from this study showed no significant difference in the health effects of part-time and full-time employment.
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Waldron, Ingrid and Jerry A. Jacobs. "Effects of Labor Force Participation on Women's Health - New Evidence from a Longitudinal Study." Journal of Occupational Medicine 30,12 (December 1988): 977-983.