Association between unemployment and the co-occurrence and clustering of common risky health behaviors: Findings from the Constances cohort.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Unemployment is associated with a high prevalence of risky health behaviors. Mortality increases with the number of co-occurring risky behaviors but whether these behaviors co-occur with a greater than expected frequency (clustering) among unemployed people is not known. METHODS:Differences according to unemployment status in co-occurrence and clustering of smoking, alcohol abuse, low leisure-time physical activity and unhealthy diet (marked by low fruit and vegetable intake) were assessed in 65,630 salaried workers, aged 18 to 65, who were participants in Constances, a French population-based cohort. Among them, 4573 (7.0%) were unemployed without (n = 3160, 4.8%) or with (n = 1413, 2.1%) past experience of unemployment. RESULTS:Compared to the employed, unemployed participants

SUBMITTER: Plessz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202648 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature