Ngaphezulu kom-1 kwaba-5 abantu abadala abasasebenzi kuzo zonke ngaphandle kwamazwe amane ase-US, ngokweemephu zelizwe ezibonisa ukuxhaphaka kokungasebenzi komzimba kwabantu abadala ezikhutshwe Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Kwezi mephu, ukungasebenzi komzimba kwabantu abadala kuchazwa njengokungathathi nxaxheba kuyo nayiphi na imisebenzi yomzimba ngaphandle komsebenzi kule nyanga iphelileyo-imisebenzi efana nokubaleka, ukuhamba ngemithambo, okanye ukulima.
Uqikelelo lwelizwe kunye nommandla wokungasebenzi komzimba ukusuka kwi-17.7% yabantu baseColorado ukuya kwi-49.4% iPuerto Rico. Kwiindawo ezisixhenxe kunye nommandla omnye (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, West Virginia, kunye nePuerto Rico), i-30% okanye ngaphezulu kwabantu abadala babengasebenzi ngokomzimba. Ngommandla, uMzantsi uneyona ndawo iphezulu yokungasebenzi komzimba (27.5%), ilandelwa yiMidwest (25.2%), iNortheast (24.7%), kunye neNtshona (21.0%).
"Ukufumana umsebenzi owaneleyo womzimba kunokuthintela i-1 kwi-10 ukufa kwangaphambi kwexesha," kusho uRuth Petersen, MD, uMlawuli we CDC's iCandelo leZondlo, uMsebenzi woMzimba, kunye nokutyeba kakhulu. “Abantu abaninzi bayaphoswa ziinzuzo zempilo zokuzilolonga njengokuphucula ukulala, ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwegazi kunye nokuxhalaba, ukunciphisa umngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo, umhlaza oliqela, kunye nesifo sengqondo esiyingozi (kuquka nesifo sika-Alzheimer).
Iimephu ezintsha zisekelwe kwidatha ye-2017-2020 edibeneyo evela kwi-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), i-survey ye-intanethi yodliwano-ndlebe eyenziwa ngurhulumente eyenziwa yi-CDC kunye namasebe ezempilo karhulumente. Kokokuqala ngqa ukuba CDC wenze iimephu zikarhulumente zokungasebenzi ngokwasemzimbeni kwabangengawo amaSpanishi aseMelika amaIndiya / ama-Alaskan Native kunye nabangengabo abase-Hispanic abadala baseAsia.