Unemployment and ill health – A gender analysis: Results from a 14-year follow-up of the Northern Swedish Cohort
| Autor: | Anna Hammarström, Ieva Reine, Mehmed Novo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Sweden medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Ideation Diagnostic Self Evaluation Risk Factors Unemployment Cohort medicine Humans Gender analysis Female Ill health Psychiatry Psychology Follow-Up Studies media_common Self-rated health |
| Zdroj: | Public Health. 127:214-222 |
| ISSN: | 0033-3506 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.005 |
| Popis: | To analyse the associations between unemployment and suboptimal self-rated health as well as high alcohol consumption, and to examine the role of possible mediating factors explaining the associations from a gender perspective.The sample, from a 14-year longitudinal study with a 96.4% response rate, consisted of 386 women and 478 men who were either employed or unemployed at 30 years of age.The health outcomes studied were suboptimal self-rated health and high alcohol consumption at 30 years of age. Logistic regression was used for analysis, and the relational theory of gender was used to discuss the findings.A strong relationship was found between unemployment and suboptimal self-rated health among women, and unemployment and high alcohol consumption among men, even after controlling for health-related selection, potential mediators and background factors. All mediating factors in the model were attributable to suboptimal self-rated health among unemployed women. Two mediating factors were also substantially related to high alcohol consumption among unemployed men.Long-term unemployment at a young age could have various health effects in men and women. At present, the mechanisms behind the health consequences are better understood among women. Research would benefit from developing theories in order to explain how youth unemployment leads to gendered health consequences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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