Impact of social factors on labour discrimination of disabled women

Vargas-Vargas, Manuel; Santamaría, María Leticia Meseguer; Mondéjar-Jiménez, José

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.013

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“…These results are in close agreement with those obtained by Kozak et al [7], Tsai [15], and Rajati et al [30]. Disabled women suffer a double disadvantage because of both their gender and disability [12,31,32]. Our findings contradict the results of Tsai [15] who reported no significant differences in health subscales between genders.…”

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“…Participants had different types of impairment; hence, some of them had difficulty in filling the questionnaires and refused to participate in the study. Furthermore, they considered unnecessarily to include the effects of other socio-demographic factors, such as residing in the city or countryside, income [15,32], and impairment type [12] on their health and employment opportunities. Therefore, it seems that providing full-time employment opportunities and considering PhDP' specific work nature is critical in the vocational rehabilitation process through job redesign interventions, which address their unique characteristics.…”

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The Impact of Employment Status and Occupation Type on Occupational Stress and General Health of Physically Disabled Employees in Vocational Centers of the State Welfare Organization of Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ghaneh-Ezabadi

Nezamabadi-Farahani

Abdi

et al. 2021

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Objective: Disabled people experience worse situation in respect of the stress, health, and socio-demographic indicators than healthy people. Little knowledge is available about the way in which this disadvantage is patterned by employment status and occupation type, especially in employees with physical disabilities. Few studies have investigated the potential effect of employment status and occupation type on general health and occupational stress in physically disabled employees. This study investigated the role of employment status and occupation type and demographic factors in predicting general health and also, examined the relations between occupational stress and general health while adjusting for demographic factors among employees with physical disabilities in vocational centers of the State Welfare Organization in Tehran City, Iran. Materials & Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study with a cross-sectional design. The study was performed among 273 people with physical disabilities employed in the productive workrooms of vocational rehabilitation centers of Tehran, which were selected via convenience sampling. Data collection tools were Occupational Stress Index (OSI) developed by Belkic (1991) based upon cognitive ergonomics concept to measure the five key potential work-related stressors, Goldberg’s 28-item General Health Questionnaires (GHQ-28) (1979) to detect psychiatric illness as well as current psychological state in the past month and self-administered demographic form. Data analysis was conducted in SPSS software, using the independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple linear regression. Results: The Mean±SD age of the physically disabled employees was 33.65 (3.76) years. Most of them were aged 30 to 39 years. (55.2%), men (60.4%), married (60.4%), with part-time employment (67%) and engaged in productive affairs (30%). The relationship between general health and occupational stress with gender and marital status was found to be significant (P<0.05). Women and married subjects had more occupational stress. Moreover, there were significant differences in general health and occupational stress subscales regarding employment status (P<0.05). Part-time employees were exposed to more stressful physical conditions and accidents at work than others, causing a higher level of occupational stress. In addition, employees who were engaged in art-related jobs had higher rate of time pressure, problems and decision-making situations in their workplace, hence, overall more occupational stress. Multiple linear regression analyses were then performed on data to identify general health predictors while adjusting for demographic variables. Age had a significant independent direct effect on enhanced somatic symptoms (β=0.16). Disabled women had a higher score of somatic symptoms than men (β=1.97). Furthermore, part-time employment was directly related to somatic and depression symptoms (β=1.26 and 1.51). Productive works were significantly associated with a higher level of somatic symptoms, anxiety, insomnia and depression symptoms (β=1.28, 1.53 and 1.95, respectively). Therefore, being female, employing as a part-time worker and working in productive affairs were significant predictors of somatic and depressive symptoms in physically disabled employees. Moreover, the physical condition of the workplace, workplace problems and decision-making situations were positively related to somatic symptoms (β=0.7, 0.13 and 0.14, respectively). In overall, 49% of the variance in somatic symptoms (the best model fit) could be explained by independent variables. Conclusion: Employment status and occupation type are significantly related to occupational stress, which in turn, causes general health disparities among people with physical disabilities. With respect to the higher level of somatic symptoms and depression in part-time employees, it seems that changing their employment status to full-time, can reduce their stress load and improve their health. In addition, women and married subjects experience more occupational stress and have more somatic symptoms

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The Impact of Employment Status and Occupation Type on Occupational Stress and General Health of Physically Disabled Employees in Vocational Centers of the State Welfare Organization of Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ghaneh-Ezabadi

Nezamabadi-Farahani

Abdi

et al. 2021

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“…This consideration can be verified by the frequency distributions of the scores of men and women on the realistic and social categories in the norms for SDS scales and codes (Holland, Powell, & Fritzsche, 1994). In addition, women with disabilities appear to face double discrimination in the labor sector not only due to their gender but also to their disability (Baldwin & Choe, 2014; Mondéjar-Jiménez et al, 2009; Myers & Sai, 2015; U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, 2015).…”

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Relationships between individual characteristics and occupational possibilities for young adults with visual impairments

Papakonstantinou

2019

British Journal of Visual Impairment

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Individuals with disabilities highlight the importance of having career options, as these people are more likely to have narrowed occupational possibilities and to be employed in part-time and contingent jobs. This study explores (a) the range of occupational possibilities that according to Holland’s Self- Directed Search (SDS) Questionnaire most closely resemble the personality types of 55 young adults with visual impairments, b) the impact of individual characteristics on occupational possibilities, and c) the differences between sighted adults and adults with visual impairments regarding the SDS Questionnaire scores for the six personality types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional). The research instrument was the SDS Questionnaire of Holland. The study results showed that the occupational possibilities for young adults with visual impairments relate mostly to social occupations. Individual characteristics also were found to be significant predictors of individual types according to the SDS Questionnaire. In addition, differences emerged from the comparison between adults with visual impairments and sighted adults in regard to the six personality types identified by Holland, based on the normative data. The study revealed that individual characteristics of young adults with visual impairments play an important role in their occupational possibilities.

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“…As a result of previous studies (Lai et al ; Kidd et al ; Findlay and Sambamoorthi 2004; Mondéjar‐Jiménez et al ; Bell and Heitmueller 200) we included some elements, including regional and individual features, in the study. All regional data came from the 2006 Local Statistical Yearbook for each city, and individual data came from the Second China National Sample Survey on Disability.…”

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Using Spatial Analysis to Understand the Spatial Heterogeneity of Disability Employment in China

Liao

Wang

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During the formulation of employment disability policy, policymakers are often interested in regional variations of disability employment. Decision-makers are required to distinguish between various geographical factors. However, few previous studies take spatial heterogeneity into account and most of them conducted only a qualitative analysis. Geographical detectors based on spatial variation analyses of identified factors were applied in the study to establish connections between regional features and the disability employment rate, and to identify the city groups with significantly higher and lower percentage rates of disability employment. It is the first application of spatial statistics in studying the employment problem of the disabled. The findings can help the government formulate reasonable adjustments to both job opportunities for, and work roles of, disabled people.

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Impact of social factors on labour discrimination of disabled women

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

The Impact of Employment Status and Occupation Type on Occupational Stress and General Health of Physically Disabled Employees in Vocational Centers of the State Welfare Organization of Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Impact of Employment Status and Occupation Type on Occupational Stress and General Health of Physically Disabled Employees in Vocational Centers of the State Welfare Organization of Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Relationships between individual characteristics and occupational possibilities for young adults with visual impairments

Using Spatial Analysis to Understand the Spatial Heterogeneity of Disability Employment in China

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