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We constructed an individual-level panel sample and measured employment quality using 4 dimensions: reward, job satisfaction, working-time quality, and social security. Individual fixed-effects models were used as the main estimation approach. Robustness checks were conducted using a balanced panel sample and an alternative employment quality index excluding the job satisfaction dimension.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher employment quality was positively associated with better self-rated health, mental health, happiness, and confidence in the future. Among the 4 dimensions, job satisfaction showed the most consistent positive associations with all 4 outcomes, whereas reward and working-time quality were mainly associated with mental health. Social security did not show statistically significant associations in the fixed-effects models. In the robustness check excluding job satisfaction, the coefficients of the alternative employment quality index remained positive but became smaller and less statistically significant; only the association with mental health remained statistically significant.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Workers\u2019 health and well-being were related not only to employment status or income, but also to broader aspects of employment quality, including subjective work experience, working-time arrangements, and institutional protection. Employment quality and its different dimensions should receive greater attention in occupational health promotion and the evaluation of high-quality employment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/joccuh\/uiag046","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]],"date-time":"2026-08-13T15:15:15Z","timestamp":1786634115000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Employment quality and workers\u2019 health and well-being in China: longitudinal evidence from the China Family Panel Studies"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"68","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9783-1357","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenshuai","family":"Qin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Bukhara State University , 11M Iqbal Street, Bukhara City, Bukhara State 200117 ,","place":["Uzbekistan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Anhui Vocational College of Electronics & Information Technology , No. 1000 Caoshan Road, Longzihu District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province 233300 ,","place":["China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Business Management, Philippine Christian University , 1648 Taft Ave, Malate, Manila 1004 ,","place":["Philippines"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ziyodulla","family":"Nurov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Bukhara State University , 11M Iqbal Street, Bukhara City, Bukhara State 200117 ,","place":["Uzbekistan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"2026090312570413400_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.5271\/sjweh.1306","article-title":"Flexible labor markets and employee health","volume":"35","author":"Ferrie","year":"2008","journal-title":"Scand J Work Environ Health"},{"issue":"3","key":"2026090312570413400_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"235","DOI":"10.5271\/sjweh.3875","article-title":"What is precarious employment? 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