Abstract
We analyze the 2004, 2008, and 2014 longitudinal panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to compare the percentage of long-term care (LTC) workers who held a second job in an LTC setting or in any industry at the first panel observation versus over a longer time period. We find that around 5% to 7% of LTC workers held a second job in another LTC setting in their first panel observation. However, we found that 20% to 30% of LTC workers held a second job in LTC during the survey period of 3 to 4 years, and 30% to 40% of LTC workers held a second job in any industry during the survey period. Our findings suggest that second job holding is widespread among LTC workers. Future research should focus on how facilities and organizations can reduce the spread of infectious disease among workers who are working in multiple settings.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 844-850 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Medical Care Research and Review |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support was provided by the National Institute on Aging (Grant No. P30AG066613 to Phyllis Moen).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
Keywords
- direct care workers
- health care workforce
- long-term care
- second job holding
