The Impact of Poor Health Behaviors on Workforce Disability.
Richardson, Caroline R.; Hanlon, Jennifer T.; Mull, Hillary J.; Vijan, Sandeep; Hayward, Rodney A.; Wray, Linda A.; Langa, Kenneth M.
2003-06
Abstract
The effects of poor health habits on mortality have been studied extensively. However, few studies have examined the impact of these health behaviors on workforce disability. In the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative cohort of 6044 Americans who were between the ages of 51 and 61 and who were working in 1992, we found that both baseline smoking status and a sedentary lifestyle predict workforce disability six years later. If this relationship is causal, cost-benefit analyses of health behavior intervention that neglect workforce disability may substantially underestimate the benefits of such interventions.Publisher
Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Series/Report no.
WP 2003-057
Types
Working Paper
Metadata
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