Julià, MireiaMéndez-Rivero, FabrizioGómez-Gómez, ÀlexPozo Mendoza, Óscar J., 1975-Bolíbar, Mireia2023-01-302023-01-302022Julià M, Méndez-Rivero F, Gómez-Gómez Á, Pozo ÓJ, Bolíbar M. Association between precarious employment and chronic stress: Effect of gender, stress measurement and precariousness dimensions-A cross-sectional study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 26;19(15):9099. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191590991661-7827http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55474Precarious employment has been highlighted as a social determinant of health, given, among others, to its alleged association with chronic stress. However, few studies have been conducted analyzing such association, using both perceived stress indicators and biological markers. Accordingly, the present study analyzed the association of multidimensional (6 dimensions) precarious employment scale with perceived stress and 23 markers of adrenal and gonadal hormone production, including cortisol. The sample consisted of 255 salaried workers from Barcelona (125 men, 130 women) aged 25-60. OLS regression models stratified by sex were conducted. Results demonstrated that precarious employment increased the probabilities of having perceived stress in both sexes. In addition, the production of adrenal hormones among men is associated with precarious wages and among women with precarious contracts ("Temporariness", "Disempowerment", and "Rights" dimensions). Therefore, precarious employment could be embodied by workers, altering their perceived well-being and physiological characteristics. Differences between men and women in the physiological effect of precarious employment could express not just the biochemical differences inherent to biological sex, but also the social construction of gender identities, positions and roles in society and family, as well as gender inequalities in the labour market.application/pdfeng© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159099Chronic stressCortisolGenderPrecarious employmentSocial determinants of healthinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess