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The impact of job strain on social isolation: a longitudinal analysis of French workers

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  • Vézina, Michel
  • Derriennic, Francis
  • Monfort, Christine

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Numerous studies have shown that work may have an impact on social identity and social functioning in the community. Since work organisation in our society has gone through some profound changes in the last few decades, it is important to study the effect of these new constraints on the social life of people and, thereby, on their health. Using data from a French longitudinal cohort study on work, health and ageing (ESTEV), this paper analyses the impact of job strain on social isolation, in a sample of 16,950 individuals who were working in 1990 and 1995. The results show that low-decision latitude was associated with a significantly higher level of social isolation in both men and women. When compared with low job strain, active work (high-psychological demand and high-decision latitude) and high job strain were associated among men with a significantly higher level of social isolation. This study shows that a change in psychosocial work conditions (demand and control) had an impact on social isolation and that this impact may be more significant in male workers than in female workers.

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  • Vézina, Michel & Derriennic, Francis & Monfort, Christine, 2004. "The impact of job strain on social isolation: a longitudinal analysis of French workers," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 59(1), pages 29-38, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:59:y:2004:i:1:p:29-38
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    1. Paul Bernard & Guillaume Boucher, 2007. "Institutional competitiveness, social investment, and welfare regimes," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(3), pages 213-229, September.
    2. Lindström, Martin, 2006. "Psychosocial work conditions, social participation and social capital: A causal pathway investigated in a longitudinal study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 280-291, January.
    3. Richard Kouamé Moussa, 2017. "Elicitation of the determinants of decent work in developing countries: evidence from Côte d'Ivoire," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(1), pages 494-507.
    4. Catherine Pollak & Nicolas Sirven, 2011. "The social economy of ageing : Job quality and pathways beyond the labour market in Europe," Post-Print halshs-00639928, HAL.

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