Titre :
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Early unemployment can contribute to adult health problems : results from a longitudinal study of school leavers. (2002)
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Auteurs :
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A. HAMMARSTROM ;
U. JANLERT ;
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine. Umea University. SWE
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 56, n° 8, 2002)
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Pagination :
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624-630
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Recherche emploi
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Jeune adulte
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Homme
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Long terme
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Trouble personnalité
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Pronostic
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xWv2fZ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective : To investigate the long term effects of early unemployment (a total of more than half a year of unemployment between the ages of 16 and 21) on health behaviour and psychological and somatic symptoms. Design : A 14 year follow up of a cohort of school leavers was conducted from 1981 to 1995. Information was collected by questionnaires. Setting : An industrial town in northern Sweden. Participants : The original cohort was defined as all pupils in a middle sized municipality in the last year of compulsory school at age 16 (n=1083). The participants were followed up between the ages of 16 and 30. The analysis included 96% of the original sample, 547 men and 497 women Main results : After controlling for initial health behaviour and symptoms as well as for working class background and late unemployment, early unemployment among young men and women showed a significant explanatory effect on smoking, psychological symptoms and-among men only-somatic symptoms after a follow up of 14 years. No correlation was found between early unemployment and late excess alcohol consumption. Conclusions : Early unemployment can contribute to adult health problems. Thus, youth unemployment constitutes a significant public health problem, which to a certain extent remains in adult age.
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