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Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

OBJECTIVES: Young people with disabilities have poorer labor force outcomes than their peers without disabilities. These understandings, however, are largely based on research assessing disability at one time point only, an approach that potentially obscures variation in disability over time. We aim...

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Autores principales: Shields, Marissa, Spittal, Matthew J, Dimov, Stefanie, Kavanagh, Anne, King, Tania L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34743215
http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3994
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author Shields, Marissa
Spittal, Matthew J
Dimov, Stefanie
Kavanagh, Anne
King, Tania L
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Spittal, Matthew J
Dimov, Stefanie
Kavanagh, Anne
King, Tania L
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description OBJECTIVES: Young people with disabilities have poorer labor force outcomes than their peers without disabilities. These understandings, however, are largely based on research assessing disability at one time point only, an approach that potentially obscures variation in disability over time. We aimed to identify trajectories of disability during childhood/adolescence and assess associations between trajectory membership and labor force status in young adulthood. METHODS: We conducted group-based trajectory modeling of disability status information from six waves [waves 2–7 (age 4/5 to 16/17 years)] of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The trajectories were used to predict labor force participation (employed, unemployed, not in the labor force) at wave 8 (18/19 years), adjusted for confounders. RESULTS: We identified four trajectory groups of the prevalence of disability: low (75.5% of cohort), low increasing (9.7%), high decreasing (10.9%), and consistently high (3.9%). Individuals in the low increasing trajectory were nearly three times as likely to be unemployed at age 18/19 years compared to individuals in the low trajectory [risk ratio (RR) 2.96, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.94–4.53]. Individuals in the consistently high trajectory had a greater RR of not being in the labor force at age 18/19 years compared to individuals in the low group (reference) (RR 3.65, 95% CI 2.21–6.02). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that prolonged and increasing experiences of disability among young Australians may be differentially associated with future labor force outcomes. Additional support to prepare young people for the labor force should focus on individuals who consistently or increasingly report a disability.
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spelling pubmed-90452252022-05-09 Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Shields, Marissa Spittal, Matthew J Dimov, Stefanie Kavanagh, Anne King, Tania L Scand J Work Environ Health Original Article OBJECTIVES: Young people with disabilities have poorer labor force outcomes than their peers without disabilities. These understandings, however, are largely based on research assessing disability at one time point only, an approach that potentially obscures variation in disability over time. We aimed to identify trajectories of disability during childhood/adolescence and assess associations between trajectory membership and labor force status in young adulthood. METHODS: We conducted group-based trajectory modeling of disability status information from six waves [waves 2–7 (age 4/5 to 16/17 years)] of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The trajectories were used to predict labor force participation (employed, unemployed, not in the labor force) at wave 8 (18/19 years), adjusted for confounders. RESULTS: We identified four trajectory groups of the prevalence of disability: low (75.5% of cohort), low increasing (9.7%), high decreasing (10.9%), and consistently high (3.9%). Individuals in the low increasing trajectory were nearly three times as likely to be unemployed at age 18/19 years compared to individuals in the low trajectory [risk ratio (RR) 2.96, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.94–4.53]. Individuals in the consistently high trajectory had a greater RR of not being in the labor force at age 18/19 years compared to individuals in the low group (reference) (RR 3.65, 95% CI 2.21–6.02). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that prolonged and increasing experiences of disability among young Australians may be differentially associated with future labor force outcomes. Additional support to prepare young people for the labor force should focus on individuals who consistently or increasingly report a disability. Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health 2022-03-01 2022-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9045225/ /pubmed/34743215 http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3994 Text en Copyright: © Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Shields, Marissa
Spittal, Matthew J
Dimov, Stefanie
Kavanagh, Anne
King, Tania L
Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title_full Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title_fullStr Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title_full_unstemmed Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title_short Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
title_sort trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: results from the longitudinal study of australian children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34743215
http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3994
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