Article ; Online: Gig Workers during the COVID-19 Crisis in France: Financial Precarity and Mental Well-Being.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
2020 Volume 97, Issue 6, Page(s) 776–795
Abstract: ... workers in France during the COVID-19 crisis, in March and April 2020. We oversampled gig economy workers ... balance financial uncertainty, health risks, and mental well-being. We surveyed and interviewed precarious ... relates to health risks and mental well-being. Our analysis revealed that 3 weeks into the lockdown, 56 ...
| Abstract | We set out to explore how precarious workers, particularly those employed in the gig economy, balance financial uncertainty, health risks, and mental well-being. We surveyed and interviewed precarious workers in France during the COVID-19 crisis, in March and April 2020. We oversampled gig economy workers, in particular in driving and food delivery occupations (hereafter drivers and bikers), residing in metropolitan areas. These workers cannot rely on stable incomes and are excluded from the labor protections offered to employees, features which have been exacerbated by the crisis. We analyzed outcomes for precarious workers during the mandatory lockdown in France as an extreme case to better understand how financial precarity relates to health risks and mental well-being. Our analysis revealed that 3 weeks into the lockdown, 56% of our overall sample had stopped working and respondents had experienced a 28% income drop on average. Gig economy drivers reported a significant 20 percentage point larger income decrease than other workers in our sample. Bikers were significantly more likely to have continued working outside the home during the lockdown. Yet our quantitative analysis also revealed that stress and anxiety levels were not higher for these groups and that bikers in fact reported significantly lower stress levels during the lockdown. While this positive association between being a biker and mental health may be interpreted in different ways, our qualitative data led to a nuanced understanding of the effect of gig work on mental well-being in this population group. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adolescent ; Adult ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Employment/psychology ; Employment/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; France/epidemiology ; Humans ; Income/statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Mental Health/statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Stress/epidemiology ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Risk Factors ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Young Adult |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-09-22 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 1435288-6 |
| ISSN | 1468-2869 ; 1099-3460 |
| ISSN (online) | 1468-2869 |
| ISSN | 1099-3460 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11524-020-00480-4 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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