Estimating influences of unemployment and underemployment on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: who suffers the most?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to evaluate whether unemployment and underemployment are associated with mental distress and whether employment insecurity and its mental health consequences are disproportionately concentrated among specific social groups in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study design

This is a population-based longitudinal study.

Methods

Data came from the Understanding America Study, a population-based panel in the United States. Between April and May 2020, 3548 adults who were not out of the labor force were surveyed. Analyses using targeted maximum likelihood estimation examined the association of employment insecurity with depression, assessed using the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire, and anxiety, measured with the 2-item

SUBMITTER: Lee JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671193 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature