Is Insecurity Worse for Wellbeing in Turbulent Times? Mental Health in Context

Using General Social Survey data, we examine whether any association between job insecurity and well-being is contingent on economic climate (comparing those interviewed in turbulent 2010 vs. prerecessionary 2006), as well as income and gender.We find respondents with higher levels of job insecurity in 2010 reported lower levels of happiness compared to those similarly insecure in 2006. The …