Predictors of Employment Among Native Americans

Abstract

Native Americans have higher rates of unemployment than other minority groups, and why this is so remains unclear. This study sought to determine demographic, physical health, mental health, and psychological symptoms predictive of employment for Native Americans in the Northeastern United States. The participants were 750 Native American men and women who ranged in age from 18 to 64 years. Using logistic regression, the findings indicated that Native Americans with greater education were more likely to be employed than those who were less educated (OR = 1.4, P < .000). Native Americans who rated themselves in better physical health were more likely to be employed (OR = 1.3, P < .003). Those who reported multiple psychiatric disorders were less likely to be employed (OR = 0.69, p < .001). Pervasive sadness was related to a lower likelihood of employment (OR = 0.51, P < .000). Recommendationsfor tribal leaders and rehabilitation practitioners are provided.

English and French language ability and the employability of immigrants in Canada

“…We also observe that after two and four years of arrival in Canada, immigrants with high school or less education had a smaller probability of being employed compared to their reference group. Our results are in line with Harrington et al (2012) and Grondin (2005). Notably, it takes more than six months for the effects of education to affect the probability of employment.…”

“…Hence, we control for gender in our study. We examine the impact of the number of children (Hennessy, 2015), the age of immigrants (Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003; Sweetman and Warman, 2013), marital status (Harrington et al , 2012) and work experience before coming to Canada (Hall and Sadouzai, 2010; Kifle et al , 2019) on employability.…”

“…skill/business, family and refugee) of immigrants arriving in Canada. Since higher levels of education are associated with higher levels of employment, we also account for the effect of education level on employability (Hwang et al , 2010; Harrington et al , 2012).…”

Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Among American Indians From Eastern Tribes

“…To increase awareness of the eastern tribes' overall health service needs, we and other researchers conducted a 5‐year capacity‐building (CB) project. A previous study (Harrington, Ni, Liebert, Wilkins‐Turner, & Ellien, ) used the entire data set involving a logistic regression to examine the associations between employment outcomes and several variables (i.e., education, self‐rated physical health, self‐rated psychiatric disorders, and pervasive sadness). While based on the same CB project, the present study used a different subset of data to address a separate area of research with participants ages 25 and older to include college graduates (participants ages 16 to 24 were not included).…”