Unemployment, measured and perceived decline of economic resources: Contrasting three measures of recessionary hardships and their implications for adopting negative health behaviors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Kalousova, Lucie ^a   Burgard, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Economic decline; Health behavior; Marijuana; Recession; Smoking; U.S.A.; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ALCOHOL; ECONOMIC DECLINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MARIJUANA; RECESSION; SMOKING; U.S.A.; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896896997     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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