Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015

Seth J Prins; Sarah McKetta; Jonathan Platt; Carles Muntaner; Katherine M Keyes; Lisa M Bates

doi:10.1002/ajim.22935

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Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015

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Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015

Seth J Prins, Sarah McKetta, Jonathan Platt, Carles Muntaner, Katherine M Keyes and Lisa M Bates

American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.62(2), pp.131-144

02/2019

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22935

PMCID: PMC6511991

PMID: 30565724

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Abstract

We draw on a relational theoretical perspective to investigate how the social division and structure of labor are associated with serious and moderate mental illness and binge and heavy drinking. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Occupational Information Network were linked to explore how occupation, the productivity-to-pay gap, unemployment, the gendered division of domestic labor, and factor-analytic and theory-derived dimensions of work are related to mental illness and drinking outcomes. Occupations involving manual labor and customer interaction, entertainment, sales, or other service-oriented labor were associated with increased odds of mental illness and drinking outcomes. Looking for work, more hours of housework, and a higher productivity-to-pay gap were associated with increased odds of mental illness. Physical/risky work was associated with binge and heavy drinking and serious mental illness; technical/craft work and automation were associated with binge drinking. Work characterized by higher authority, autonomy, and expertise was associated with lower odds of mental illness and drinking outcomes. Situating work-related risk factors within their material context can help us better understand them as determinants of mental illness and identify appropriate targets for social change.

United States

Alcohol Drinking

Employment - psychology

Female

Humans

Income

Male

Mental Disorders - etiology

Occupations

Risk Factors

Unemployment - psychology

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Title: Subtitle: Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015
Creators: Seth J Prins - Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York
Sarah McKetta - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Jonathan Platt - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Carles Muntaner - Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Katherine M Keyes - Center for Research on Society and Health, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Lisa M Bates - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.62(2), pp.131-144
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22935
PMID: 30565724
PMCID: PMC6511991
NLM abbreviation: Am J Ind Med
ISSN: 0271-3586
eISSN: 1097-0274
Grant note: R01 AG040213 / NIA NIH HHS T32 DA037801 / NIDA NIH HHS R01 HD069609 / NICHD NIH HHS SES 1157698 / National Science Foundation K01 DA045955 / NIDA NIH HHS T32 MH013043 / NIMH NIH HHS 1623684 / National Science Foundation
Language: English
Date published: 02/2019
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984214674102771

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