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Author: Ohler, Adrienne
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Frech, Adrianne
Damaske, Sarah
Ohler, Adrienne
The Life Course of Unemployment and Midlife Health
Journal of Aging and Health published online (6 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643221091775
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Unemployment

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

Objectives: We estimate associations between unemployment trajectories from ages 27-49 and physical and mental health at age 50.

Methods: Data are from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 (N=6434). Group-based trajectory models are used to identify unemployment trajectories. Generalized linear models with a modified Bolck, Croon, and Hagenaars (BCH) correction are used to regress health on unemployment trajectory groups.

Results: We identified "Consistently Low (70%)," "Decreasing Mid-Career (18%)," and "Persistently High (12%)" unemployment trajectories. Experiencing Decreasing Mid-Career or Persistently High trajectories was associated with worse physical and mental health at age 50 than Consistently Low trajectories. Experiencing a Persistently High trajectory was associated with worse physical and mental health than a Decreasing Mid-Career trajectory.

Bibliography Citation
Frech, Adrianne, Sarah Damaske and Adrienne Ohler. "The Life Course of Unemployment and Midlife Health." Journal of Aging and Health published online (6 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/08982643221091775.
2. Frech, Adrianne
Lankes, Jane
Damaske, Sarah
Ohler, Adrienne
The Myth of Men’s Stable, Continuous Labor Force Attachment: Multitrajectories of U.S. Baby Boomer Men’s Employment
Socius published online (9 September 2023).
Also: https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231197031
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Baby Boomer; Employment; Employment, History; Employment, Intermittent/Precarious; Employment, Stable/Continuous; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Labor Force Participation; Unemployment; Unemployment Duration; Work Histories; Work History; Work Reentry

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

Over the past several decades, U.S. men's paid work has transformed from a state of high stability and continuity to a state of increased instability and precarity. Despite this, full-time employment throughout adulthood remains the presumed standard for modern American men. The authors investigated the diversity of men's workforce experiences using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979 cohort) and identified six multitrajectories of men's time spent employed, unemployed, and out of the labor force from ages 27 to 49. The authors identified one multitrajectory of steady work, three of increasing unemployment or time out of work, one of increasing steady work, and one of intermittent work. Contrary to conventional assumptions, only 41 percent of men followed a trajectory of continuous, high employment over the duration of their prime earning years. This suggests that most men do not achieve the "ideal worker norm," raising implications for how research and policy conceptualize men's work experiences.
Bibliography Citation
Frech, Adrianne, Jane Lankes, Sarah Damaske and Adrienne Ohler. "The Myth of Men’s Stable, Continuous Labor Force Attachment: Multitrajectories of U.S. Baby Boomer Men’s Employment." Socius published online (9 September 2023).