Does parental unemployment affect adolescents' health?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 527-535

  Sleskova, Maria ^a   Salonna, Ferdinand ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a   Nagyova, Iveta ^a   Stewart, Roy E ^b   van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Financial strain; Parental unemployment; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33646029986     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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