Employment insecurity and mental health during the economic recession: An analysis of the young adult labour force in Italy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-98

  Fiori, Francesca ^a   Rinesi, Francesca ^b   Spizzichino, Daniele ^b   Di Giorgio, Ginevra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTAT Italian National Institute of Statistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic recession; Employment insecurity; Italy; Mental health; Young adult labour force

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR SUPPLY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; JOB EXPERIENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ITALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957895305     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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