The great recession, youth unemployment and inequalities in psychological health complaints in adolescents: a multilevel study in 31 countries

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The great recession, youth unemployment and inequalities in psychological health complaints in adolescents: a multilevel study in 31 countries

Original language description

Little is known about the impact of recessions on young people's socioeconomic inequalities in health. This study investigates the impact of the economic recession in terms of youth unemployment on socioeconomic inequalities in psychological health complaints among adolescents across Europe and North America. Data from the WHO collaborative 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children' (HBSC) study were collected in 2005/06 (N = 160,830) and 2009/10 (N = 166,590) in 31 European and North American countries. Logistic multilevel models were used to assess the contribution of youth unemployment in 2009/10 (enduring recession) and the change in youth unemployment (2005-2010) to adolescent psychological health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in complaints in 2009/10. Youth unemployment during the recession is positively related to psychological health complaints, but not to inequalities in complaints. Changes in youth unemployment (2005-2010) were not associated with adolescents' psychological health complaints, whereas greater inequalities in complaints were found in countries with greater increases in youth unemployment. This study highlights the need to tackle the impact of increasing unemployment on adolescent health and health inequalities during economic recessions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1661-8556

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

809-819

UT code for WoS article

000382281200009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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