Journal article
Status of mental health and working conditions among workers employed in small businesses in 2018 and 2022
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.68(4), pp.320-326
04/2026
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003602
PMCID: PMC13071898
PMID: 41194338
Abstract
To assess psychosocial working conditions and mental health status among U.S. workers in small businesses.
Data from the 2018 and 2022 General Social Survey's Quality of Worklife module were used to examine mental health and psychosocial working conditions among U.S. adults employed by businesses with 1-49 employees. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were conducted, adjusting for race, education, marital status, age, and job tenure.
Using combined data, workers reporting low job satisfaction, lack of management priority for safety, high work-family conflict, unfair wages, and limited promotion opportunities had significantly higher odds of reporting one or more poor mental health days in the past 30 days, compared to those reporting more favorable working conditions.
Findings highlight modifiable workplace factors that may lead to improved mental health among small business workers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Status of mental health and working conditions among workers employed in small businesses in 2018 and 2022
- Creators
- Heidi L Hudson - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionJonathan Davis - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.68(4), pp.320-326
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003602
- PMID
- 41194338
- PMCID
- PMC13071898
- NLM abbreviation
- J Occup Environ Med
- ISSN
- 1536-5948
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/06/2025
- Date published
- 04/2026
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9985024254202771
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