ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2022
Occupations and Sickness-Related Absences during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Occupational risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission in Skåne, Sweden: A register-based cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association between work sick-leave absenteeism and SARS-CoV-2 notifications in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 epidemic.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black and Hispanic Americans' Work Outcomes: a Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The chronically ill in the labour market - are they hierarchically sorted by education?International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Drivers and Barriers to Implementing the Internet of Things in the Health Care Supply Chain: Mixed Methods Multicase Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Associations between an international COVID-19 job exposure matrix and SARS-CoV-2 infection among 2 million workers in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- Immigrant Legal Status among Essential Frontline Workers in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era.The International migration review · 2023Article
- Mothers' Nonstandard Work Schedules and Children's Behavior Problems: Divergent Patterns by Maternal Education.Research in social stratification and mobility · 2023Article
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- Causes and Risk Factors for Absenteeism among Medical Staff in German Specialized Lung Clinics during the COVID Pandemic.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2023Article
- Parents' work arrangements and gendered time use during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of marriage and the family · 2022Article
- Close encounters during a pandemic: Social habits and inter-generational links in the first two waves of COVID-19.Economics and human biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pandemic frontline occupations consist of disproportionately low socioeconomic status and racial minority workers. Documenting occupational health disparities is therefore crucial for understanding COVID-19-related health inequalities in the United States. This study uses Current Population Survey microdata to estimate occupational differences in sickness-related absences (SAs) from work in March through June 2020 and their contribution to educational, racial-ethnic, and nativity health disparities. We find that there has been an unprecedented rise in SAs concentrated in transportation, food-related, and personal care and service occupations. SA rates were 6 times higher in these occupations than in non-health-care professions. The greatest increases were in occupations that are unsuitable for remote work, require workers to work close to others, pay low wages, and rarely provide health insurance. Workers in these occupations are disproportionately Black, Hispanic, indigenous, and immigrants. Occupation contributes 41% of the total of Black/white differences and 54% of educational differences in SAs.
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