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It’s no surprise! Men are not hit more than women by the health consequences of unemployment in the Northern Swedish Cohort.
- Source :
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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health . Mar2011, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p187-193. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Aims: Research often fails to ascertain whether men and women are equally hit by the health consequences of unemployment. The aim of this study was to analyze whether men’s self-reported health and health behaviour were hit more by unemployment than women’s in a follow-up of the Northern Swedish Cohort. Methods: A follow-up study of a cohort of all school leavers in a middle-sized industrial town in northern Sweden was performed from age 16 to age 42. Of those still alive of the original cohort, 94% (n = 1,006) participated during the whole period. A sample was made of participants in the labour force and living in Sweden (n = 916). Register data were used to assess the length of unemployment from age 40 to 42, while questionnaire data were used for the other variables. Results: In multivariate logistic regression analyses significant relations between unemployment and mental health/smoking were found among both women and men, even after control for unemployment at the time of the investigation and indicators of health-related selection. Significant relations between unemployment and alcohol consumption were found among women, while few visits to a dentist was significant among men. Conclusions: Men are not hit more by the health consequences of unemployment in a Swedish context, with a high participation rate of women in the labour market. The public health relevance is that the study indicates the need to take gendered contexts into account in public health research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14034948
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66335893
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494810394906