Neighbourhood unemployment and all cause mortality: a comparison of six countries.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Studies have shown that living in more deprived neighbourhoods is related to higher mortality rates, independent of individual socioeconomic characteristics. One approach that contributes to understanding the processes underlying this association is to examine whether the relation is modified by the country context. In this study, the size of the association between neighbourhood unemployment rates and all cause mortality was compared across samples from six countries (United States, Netherlands, England, Finland, Italy, and Spain).

Design

Data from three prospective cohort studies (ARIC (US), GLOBE (Netherlands), and Whitehall II (England)) and three population based register studies (Helsinki, Turin, Madrid) were analysed. In each study, neighbourhood unemp

SUBMITTER: van Lenthe FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1733024 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature