STREAM newsletters

In the summer of 2015, we started a PhD project on multiple job holding (MJH) in collaboration with VU University. MJH refers to a situation in which a worker has more than one paid job, either multiple jobs as an employee or one or more jobs as an employee as well as being self-employed. In the Netherlands, as well as in many other countries, a growing group of workers has multiple jobs. In 2018, around 8% of the working population in the Netherlands held multiple jobs, which equals around 700,000 workers.

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In the summer of 2018 TNO published a report containing the state of the art with regard to sustainable employability in the Netherlands, including new insights into the matter based on analysis of the data sources in the programme ‘Monitoring Work & Employment’. The report is titled ‘Duurzame Inzetbaarheid in Nederland’ (only available in Dutch).

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In June 2018 the Health Council of the Netherlands published an advisory report titled ‘Health and working longer’. At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the appointed committee gave advice on what is necessary, from a health perspective, to prolong working life. As yet, no research is available on actually working longer. Hence, findings were based on indicators of decreased employability.

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With the ageing of the labour force, chronic health problems have become more common among employees. For older employees, chronic diseases may reduce sustainable employability, which is defined as the ability to work happily, healthily, and productively until the statutory retirement age, which is increasing in many countries.

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As the year comes to an end, we thought it would be fitting for this newsletter to highlight STREAM-research focusing on the end of the working life. Or rather, on working beyond the retirement age.

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The months before summer recess tend to be filled with a buzz of plans and activity. This is also the case for STREAM and the reason for this 11th edition of our newsletter!
In this newsletter we will get you acquainted with a new cohort study on sustainable employability: Cohort Onderzoek Duurzame Inzetbaarheid (CODI).

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We celebrate the tenth edition of the STREAM newsletter with a brand new look! And although the look is new, the aim of the newsletter remains the same: to keep you updated on developments of STREAM in the recent past, present and future.

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The aim of this study was to predict transitions from having one job as an employee (SJH) to having multiple jobs as an employee (combination MJH) and one or more jobs as  an employee and being self-employed (hybrid MJH). Potential predictors were divided in eight domains (demographics, health, work characteristics, work history, skills and knowledge, social factors, financial factors and work motivation).

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In the previous newsletter we informed you that STREAM will continue. In the autumn of 2015 data collection for the fifth wave took place. In this newsletter we will give an overview of the response in the fifth wave and share some initial results.

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STREAM will continue with four more measurements between 2015 and 2018! Initially, four measurements between 2010 and 2013 were planned. However, in the autumn of  2015 the first of four new waves will start. In this new wave, we will welcome 5,400 new participants, mainly in the age group 45-49 as well as the loyal participants of the previous waves. More details will follow in the next newsletter. In 2015 we also started two new PhD-projects, one about productive roles in society besides work, such as informal care, and one about multiple job holding.

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In the four-year STREAM cohort, 74% of employees did not switch jobs. 8% of employees changed job, in 40% of cases this was also a change in occupational sector. 19% of employees changed job position within the same organization.

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In a recent study conducted with two waves of STREAM data, the associations of poor mental health, and physical health, and different forms of copying style on work ability in employees was explored. Poor mental health and especially poor physical health at baseline related to lower work ability at one-year follow-up. Persons with an active and a non-avoidant coping style had higher work ability than persons with a non-active and an avoidant coping style.

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STREAM is a four-year longitudinal study with annual measurements among persons aged 45-64 in the Netherlands. Participants fill in an online questionnaire on topics such as: health, work, knowledge and skills, social circumstances, and financial situation.

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Due to the ageing of the population, it is important that workers prolong their working life. Although the average retirement age in the Netherlands has increased, most workers still leave the workforce before the official retirement age of 65. A recent STREAM study investigated the influence of health, job characteristics, skills, and social and financial factors on early retirement. In total, 2,317 employees, who participated in the first two measurements, were included in the this study. Of these persons, 269 made the transition from work to early retirement between the these two measurements.

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‘All those things together made me retire’ – Results from a qualitative study on early retirement. A qualitative study was conducted among thirty STREAM participants (60-64 years) who retired early, i.e. before the age of 65. The study aimed to explore reasons for this early retirement.

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This is the first of a series of newsletters to keep you updated on new findings, upcoming events, and recent publications within the STREAM cohort.

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