dc.contributor.author | Tøge, Anne Grete | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-09T08:15:37Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-09T14:09:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-09T08:15:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-09T14:09:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal for Equity in Health 2016, 15(75):1-12 | language |
dc.identifier.issn | 1475-9276 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/4193 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background:
Unemployment has a number of negative consequences, such as decreased income and poor self-
rated health. However, the relationships between unemployment, income, and health are not fully understood.
Longitudinal studies have investigated the health effect of unemployment and income separately, but the
mediating role of income remains to be scrutinized. Using longitudinal data and methods, this paper investigates
whether the effect of unemployment on self-rated health (SRH) is mediated by income, financial strain and
unemployment benefits.
Methods:
The analyses use data from the longitudinal panel of European Union Statistics on Income and Living
Conditions (EU-SILC) over the 4 years of 2008 to 2011. Individual fixed effects models are applied, estimating the
longitudinal change in SRH as people move from employment to unemployment, and investigating whether this
change is reduced after controlling for possible mediating mechanisms, absolute income change, relative income
change, relative income rank, income deprivation, financial strain, and unemployment benefits.
Results:
Becoming unemployed is associated with decreased SRH (
−
0.048, SE 0.012). This decrease is 19 % weaker
(
−
0.039, SE 0.010) after controlling for change in financial strain. Absolute and relative changes in household
equalized income, as well as changes in relative rank and transitions into income deprivation, are not found to be
associated with change in SRH.
Conclusions:
Financial strain is found to be a potential mediator of the individual health effect of unemployment,
while neither absolute income, relative income, relative rank, income deprivation nor unemployment benefits are
found to be mediators of this relationship. | language |
dc.description.sponsorship | Norges forskningsråd 221037 | |
dc.language.iso | en | language |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | language |
dc.rights | © 2016 Tøge.
Open Access
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dc.subject | Unemployment | language |
dc.subject | Self-rated health | language |
dc.subject | Income | language |
dc.subject | Financial strain | language |
dc.subject | Europe | language |
dc.subject | Recession | language |
dc.subject | Fixed effects | language |
dc.title | Health effects of unemployment in Europe (2008–2011): a longitudinal analysis of income and financial strain as mediating factors | language |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | language |
dc.date.updated | 2016-05-09T08:15:37Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | language |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0360-6 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1354472 | |