Is the health of young unemployed Australians worse in times of low unemployment?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Scanlan, Justin Newton ^a,b   Bundy, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic conditions; Health status; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849124591     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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