Research library

Source: Gov.uk 20.07.2021

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-study-of-work-and-health-transitions-analysis-of-understanding-society?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=8490df1d-d4f8-41de-81c8-7e0b578e7901&utm_content=immediately

a-study-of-work-and-health-transitions-analysis-of-understanding-society.pdf

The research acknowledges the importance of developing more targeted, personalised and efficient interventions to improve the employment rate among people affected by ill health and disability. Having a detailed understanding of work and health dynamics helps inform our strategy to prevent health-related job loss and support more people affected by ill health or disability into work.

The work uses Understanding Society, a large and detailed longitudinal survey, to explore the pattern, distribution and underlying causes of transitions in employment status that are influenced by health or disability.

The multi-method programme of analysis includes:

• an assessment of the association between changes in health and subsequent changes in employment status, including factors that influence this relationship, using multiple logistic regression
• an examination of the durations of time spent in different states of health, using survival analysis
• an exploration of the patterns of employment status and job satisfaction over time following a change in health status, using sequence analysis

The findings of the research help us consider more sophisticated approaches to work and health policy interventions and provide direction for future research.