Gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway 2000-2017: a register-based study of hospital admissions, health-related benefit utilisation, and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The existing literature indicates that unemployment leads to deteriorated mental and somatic health, poorer self-assessed health, and higher mortality. However, it is not clear whether and to what extent the health consequences of unemployment differ between men and women. According to social role theory, women can alternate between several roles (mother, wife, friend, etc.) that make it easier to deal with unemployment, whereas the worker role is more important for men, and unemployment could therefore be more harmful to them. Thus, gender differences in the health consequences of unemployment should decrease as society grows more gender equal. Accordingly, this study examines changes over time in the gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway.  METHODS: Lin

SUBMITTER: Heggebo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795737 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature