Unemployment and psychosocial outcomes to age 30: A fixed-effects regression analysis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 735-742

  Fergusson, David M ^a   McLeod, Geraldine F ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

fixed effects regression; longitudinal study; psychosocial outcomes; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905921583     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414525840     Document Type: Article

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