P T Martikainen1, T Valkonen. 1. Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland. pekka.martikainen@helsinki.fi
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the effects of changes in unemployment rates of occupation groups on changes in mortality in a period of increasing unemployment. METHODS: Census records for all 20- to 64-year-old economically active Finnish men in 1985 were linked to information on unemployment and deaths in 1987 through 1993. RESULTS: Change in mortality was similar in occupation groups in which unemployment rates increased at a different pace. These relationships were similar for all age groups and for mortality from diseases as well as accidents and violence. CONCLUSIONS: Unemployment does not seem to cause mortality in the short term. Excess mortality rates among unemployed individuals observed in previous studies may have been due in part to selection.
OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the effects of changes in unemployment rates of occupation groups on changes in mortality in a period of increasing unemployment. METHODS: Census records for all 20- to 64-year-old economically active Finnish men in 1985 were linked to information on unemployment and deaths in 1987 through 1993. RESULTS: Change in mortality was similar in occupation groups in which unemployment rates increased at a different pace. These relationships were similar for all age groups and for mortality from diseases as well as accidents and violence. CONCLUSIONS: Unemployment does not seem to cause mortality in the short term. Excess mortality rates among unemployed individuals observed in previous studies may have been due in part to selection.
Authors: Margaretha Voss; Lotta Nylén; Birgitta Floderus; Finn Diderichsen; Paul D Terry Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2004-12 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Monique A M Gignac; Catherine L Backman; Simone Kaptein; Diane Lacaille; Dorcas E Beaton; Catherine Hofstetter; Elizabeth M Badley Journal: Rheumatology (Oxford) Date: 2011-10-27 Impact factor: 7.580