SDOH TEST 2 (UNITS 4,5,6)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Unemployment can lead to (3 things) - Correct Answers -- Material and social
deprivation
- Psychological stress
- Asoptoion of health threatening coping behaviors
Unemployment is associated with - Correct Answers -Physical and mental health
problems
e.g. depression, anxiety, increased suicide rates
Job insecurity causes - Correct Answers -Burnout, mental/psychological problems, poor
self-rated health, variety of somatic complaints
How is Canadas employment protection? - Correct Answers -Canada is doing poorly,
ranks 35 out of 36 in employment protection
Why are working conditions important SDoH? - Correct Answers -- Great amount of
time spent in workplace
- People already vulnerable are most likely to experience health threatening working
conditions
6 key work dimensions shaping health outcomes - Correct Answers -- job strain
- effort reward imbalance
- organizational justice
- work hours
- status inconsistency
- precarious work
What is precarious employment? - Correct Answers -Work is uncertain, insecure,
unstable
(Majority of work in Ontario is precarious)
What ages are most affected by precarious work and why? - Correct Answers -65+
(most affected) - they are going back during retirement to make ends meet, and losing
jobs later in life makes it hard to find a new one
20-34 - just starting out, and competing for jobs, lacking skill
, Which 3 industries have the most precarious work? - Correct Answers -1. Education
(28% of professionals report having some type of precarious work)
2. Business/finance (19%)
3. Health care (18%)
Historical labour market transformation - Correct Answers -Farming/Agriculture —> 1st
and 2nd industrial revolution —> 3rd industrial revolution (technology/knowledge
economy) —> 4th industrial revolution (artificial intelligence)
How does the labour market look today? - Correct Answers -- careers = related to
development of projects (consultant, project manager etc.)
- Work in several jobs over the course of a lifetime
- "boundaryless" (nomadic/unstable careers (not as many vertical ladder carriers)
Boundaryless career: - Correct Answers -often represents tech/knowledge economy:
mobile work, networks and virtual communities of practice
- more flexibility in jobs/self employment
- false sense of self-employment
- precarious work
- new classifications of employment statuses (casual, contract, temporary, reduced-
time, part time etc.)
Traditional career: - Correct Answers -Represents industrial work - one stop shop, first
job/last job, climbing the vertical ladder
Unemployment rate - Correct Answers -Number of people in the labour force (15-64
years) actively looking for a job
employment rate - Correct Answers -# of people employed/total labour force
What is the precariat? - Correct Answers -precarious (insecure) + proletariat (working
class)
job security - Correct Answers -enables economic + social inclusion
Income security - Correct Answers -economic inclusion (there are potentially other
forms of income)
What is intersectionality? - Correct Answers -the interconnected nature of social
categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or
group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination
or disadvantage.
Racialized pay gap - Correct Answers -Racialized workers earn less than non-
Racialized workers (81.4 cents per dollar)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Unemployment can lead to (3 things) - Correct Answers -- Material and social
deprivation
- Psychological stress
- Asoptoion of health threatening coping behaviors
Unemployment is associated with - Correct Answers -Physical and mental health
problems
e.g. depression, anxiety, increased suicide rates
Job insecurity causes - Correct Answers -Burnout, mental/psychological problems, poor
self-rated health, variety of somatic complaints
How is Canadas employment protection? - Correct Answers -Canada is doing poorly,
ranks 35 out of 36 in employment protection
Why are working conditions important SDoH? - Correct Answers -- Great amount of
time spent in workplace
- People already vulnerable are most likely to experience health threatening working
conditions
6 key work dimensions shaping health outcomes - Correct Answers -- job strain
- effort reward imbalance
- organizational justice
- work hours
- status inconsistency
- precarious work
What is precarious employment? - Correct Answers -Work is uncertain, insecure,
unstable
(Majority of work in Ontario is precarious)
What ages are most affected by precarious work and why? - Correct Answers -65+
(most affected) - they are going back during retirement to make ends meet, and losing
jobs later in life makes it hard to find a new one
20-34 - just starting out, and competing for jobs, lacking skill
, Which 3 industries have the most precarious work? - Correct Answers -1. Education
(28% of professionals report having some type of precarious work)
2. Business/finance (19%)
3. Health care (18%)
Historical labour market transformation - Correct Answers -Farming/Agriculture —> 1st
and 2nd industrial revolution —> 3rd industrial revolution (technology/knowledge
economy) —> 4th industrial revolution (artificial intelligence)
How does the labour market look today? - Correct Answers -- careers = related to
development of projects (consultant, project manager etc.)
- Work in several jobs over the course of a lifetime
- "boundaryless" (nomadic/unstable careers (not as many vertical ladder carriers)
Boundaryless career: - Correct Answers -often represents tech/knowledge economy:
mobile work, networks and virtual communities of practice
- more flexibility in jobs/self employment
- false sense of self-employment
- precarious work
- new classifications of employment statuses (casual, contract, temporary, reduced-
time, part time etc.)
Traditional career: - Correct Answers -Represents industrial work - one stop shop, first
job/last job, climbing the vertical ladder
Unemployment rate - Correct Answers -Number of people in the labour force (15-64
years) actively looking for a job
employment rate - Correct Answers -# of people employed/total labour force
What is the precariat? - Correct Answers -precarious (insecure) + proletariat (working
class)
job security - Correct Answers -enables economic + social inclusion
Income security - Correct Answers -economic inclusion (there are potentially other
forms of income)
What is intersectionality? - Correct Answers -the interconnected nature of social
categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or
group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination
or disadvantage.
Racialized pay gap - Correct Answers -Racialized workers earn less than non-
Racialized workers (81.4 cents per dollar)
