County-level Unemployment Change and Trends in Self-rated Health

Autor:	Jeffrey M. Timberlake, Jennifer Malat
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Unemployment Development economics Economics General Social Sciences Demographic economics Population health County level Affect (psychology) Recession media_common Self-rated health
Zdroj:	Sociological Focus. 46:25-46
ISSN:	2162-1128 0038-0237
DOI:	10.1080/00380237.2013.740990
Popis:	Recent research using national-level data finds that economic recessions are associated with improved population health in the United States. The present study utilizes data from Ohio to assess whether these conclusions hold at the county level, occur immediately at the onset of a recession, and vary by education and race. The data show that at the beginning of the period, higher cross-sectional unemployment rates were associated with worse average self-rated health. Yet, as unemployment rapidly increased over the study period, average health improved. The rate at which unemployment rates rose had less effect on those with college degrees compared to those with the least education. For whites, slower rate of unemployment growth was associated with more rapidly improving average self-rated health. However, blacks' self-rated health trended more strongly positive in locations with rapid unemployment growth. The paper concludes by discussing implications for future research on how economic conditions affect ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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