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UID:pretalx-2026-FZ8KAP@conferences.acspri.org.au
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DESCRIPTION:The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a critical deve
 lopmental period during which employment experiences can have lasting impl
 ications for health and wellbeing. While prior research has linked unemplo
 yment and poor-quality work to adverse mental health outcomes\, the role o
 f precarious employment during early adulthood remains comparatively under
 studied\, particularly from a longitudinal perspective. This study examine
 s trajectories of precarious employment between ages 18 and 24 years and t
 heir associations with short- and long-term mental health. Data were drawn
  from the Australian Household\, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (
 HILDA) Survey. Informed by a lived experience youth advisory group\, preca
 rious employment was defined by subjective dimensions of job security and 
 job control. Group-based trajectory modelling was applied in the analytic 
 sample (n=498\; person-year observations=5\,856) to identify patterns of p
 recarious employment between 18-24 years. Adjusted linear and logistic reg
 ressions were used to examine associations between trajectories\, demograp
 hic characteristics and mental health\, measured using the Mental Health I
 nventory (MHI-5)\, at ages 25 years and 35 years. Two distinct trajectorie
 s emerged: persistent high precarity and low/decreasing precarity. Members
 hip in the persistently high precarity trajectory was associated with poor
 er mental health at age 25\, particularly among females. Sex differences e
 merged in longer-term outcomes assessed at age 35: persistently high job i
 nsecurity was associated with poorer mental health among males\, whereas p
 ersistently low job control was associated with poorer mental health among
  females. These findings suggest that precarious employment in early adult
 hood\, particularly when chronic in nature\, may have enduring sex-specifi
 c consequences for mental health. The results highlight the importance of 
 policies and workplace practices that promote secure and meaningful employ
 ment for young people\, including strategies to improve job security\, inc
 rease employee autonomy\, and strengthen protections for workers in insecu
 re forms of employment. Reducing employment precarity may therefore protec
 t mental health across the life course.
DTSTAMP:20261013T070023Z
LOCATION:Sutherland Room
SUMMARY:Navigating uncertainty: Trajectories of precarious employment and a
 ssociations with mental health among young Australians in the HILDA Survey
  - Amarina Donohoe-Bales
URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/FZ8KAP/
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