When work is more than a job: employment among people who inject drugs

Thesis

This thesis explores employment among people who inject drugs (IDU). It seeks identify what differentiates IDU who work from those who do not, barriers to labour market participation, and how employment is perceived and experienced by IDU. Using longitudinal data from the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), it conducts this research through a detailed examination of the implications of missing data, quantitative analyses of transitions into employment and qualitative, in-depth int...

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Authors: Richardson, L; Lindsey Richardson

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: social determinants of health; substance use; missing data; employment; longitudinal analysis; HIV/AIDS
• Subjects: Sociology; Statistics (social sciences); Social disadvantage; Employment; Substance use; HIV/AIDS