Working too Hard: Working Conditions as they Mediate Females Self-Rated Health in the Subbaccalaureate Anomaly

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Abstract

In 2012, 28% of the current working-age Americans fell within this level of education in the United States. Based on the heavily supported theory of the education-health gradient every additional year of education predicts improved health. Recent research has found that for the subBA specifically this relationship is not be as concrete. This project evaluates the impact employment factors have on the education health gradient for these individuals via a mediation model. Using National Health Interview Survey data from 2009, women respondents aged 30-64 were analyzed in nested regression models. Results show that the obtainment of a degree on the subBA level are not providing a health benefit compared to those with a high school degree when accounting for employment conditions. Indicating that the gradient relationship seen between education and health in the case of the subBA may only follow the theoretical pattern due to improved employment opportunities.

Authors

• Josey VanOrsdale, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Andrea Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• marisa a felsher, Drexel University