| Labor force participation and the influence of having back problems on income poverty in Australia. | |
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PMID: 22166931 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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ABSTRACT: Study Design. Cross-sectional study of 45 to 64 year old Australians.Objective. To assess the relationship between chronic back problems and being in income poverty amongst the older working aged population.Summary of Background Data. Older workers who leave the labour force due to chronic back problems have fragile economic situations and as such are likely to have poorer living standards. Poverty is one way of comparing the living standards of different individuals within society.Methods. The 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) data were used, along with the 50% of the median equivalised income unit income poverty line to identify those in poverty. Logistic regression models were utilised to look at the relationship between chronic back problems, labour force participation and poverty.Results. Regardless of labour force participation status (employed full-time, part-time or not in the labour force at all), those with chronic back problems were significantly more likely to be in poverty. Those not in the labour force due to back problems were significantly more likely to be in poverty than those in the labour force full time with no chronic health condition (OR 0.07 95% CI 0.07 -0.07, p<.0001). Further, those employed part-time with no chronic health condition were 48% less likely to be in poverty (OR 0.52, 95% CI: 0.51 - 0.53, p<.0001) than those also employed part-time but with chronic back problems. It was found that amongst those with back problems, those out of the labour force were significantly more likely to be in poverty than those employed part time or full time (OR 0.44 95% CI: 0.43 - 0.44 p<.0001; OR 0.10 95%CI: 0.10 - 0.10 p<.0001 respectively).Conclusion. This highlights the need to prevent and effectively treat chronic back problems as these conditions are associated with reduced living standards. |
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Deborah J Schofield; Emily J Callander; Rupendra N Shrestha; Richard Percival; Simon J Kelly; Megan E Passey |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-13 |
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Title: Spine Volume: - ISSN: 1528-1159 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7610646 Medline TA: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia 2School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia 3National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, Australia 4University Centre for Rural Health - North Coast, University of Sydney, Australia. |
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