Do high levels of unemployment influence the health of those who are not unemployed? A gendered comparison of young men and women during boom and recession

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 293-303

  Novo, Mehmed ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a   Janlert, Urban ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Labour market; Sweden; Trade cycle; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKET; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; STUDENT; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEGATIVISM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0035005561     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00340-3     Document Type: Article

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