Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records
Among people employed pre-pandemic, testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 was not associated with increased economic inactivity, although we could not exclude small effects. Ascertaining infection through healthcare records or self-report made little difference to results. However, processes related to record linkage may introduce small biases.
Authors
- Bettina Moltrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1838-428X)
- Felix Greaves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-3122)
- Ruth C. E. Bowyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-8160)
- Michael J. Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3193-2452)
- Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092)
- Giorgio Di Gessa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6154-1845)
- Rebecca D. Rhead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-604X)
- Richard Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066)
- Serena Pattaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443)
- Paola Zaninotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3036-0499)
- Jacques Wels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-917X)
- Jingmin Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-7589)
- Olivia KL Hamilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0058)
- George B. Ploubidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8198-5790)
- Richard J. Silverwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-1194)
- Andy Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-3728)
- Nish Chaturvedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-2775)
- Evangelia Demou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X)
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Duke University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Institute for Government (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Urban Big Data Centre (GB)
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
- The Alan Turing Institute (GB)
- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (GB)
- Institute of the Americas (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321201
- Primary Topic
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- Chief Scientist Office
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
- Medical Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council
- H2020 European Research Council