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Is having any job at all better for your health and wellbeing than being unemployed?

By Tarani Chandola Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: August 15, 2017

There are long held assumptions that taking any job is better for a person’s health and wellbeing than being unemployed. A study of over 1000 unemployed adults by Tarani Chandola, Professor of Medical Sociology at The University of Manchester, compared health and stress levels of those remaining unemployed and different quality jobs. The study revealed evidence that […]

Tagged With: employment, health, Social Statistics, work

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