How Involuntary Part-Time Employment is correlated with Life Satisfaction in the U.S.A.

Jessica M Sumerak

United States, Labor Market, Well-being, Involuntary Part-time, Fringe Benefits

This pilot research gathers data on self-reported well-being and calculated demographic correlations pertaining to the current involuntary part-time (IPT) employment group in the United States. Online respondents were surveyed using a cluster sampling technique on the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) created by Pavot and Diener. The 156 eligible responses were then correlated with a demographic questionnaire to determine the current characteristics of the IPT population. A positive Pearson correlation between SWLS scores of IPT employees and the number of fringe benefits that the employee had access to indicated that as the number of fringe benefits decreases, the life satisfaction scores of IPT employees also decrease. Additionally, this study found that as age increased, participation in IPT employment decreased.

https://doi.org/10.31871/IJNTR.9.8.6