Martikainen P T, Valkonen T
Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Am J Public Health. 1998 Dec;88(12):1859-61. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.12.1859.
This study estimated the effects of changes in unemployment rates of occupation groups on changes in mortality in a period of increasing unemployment.
Census records for all 20- to 64-year-old economically active Finnish men in 1985 were linked to information on unemployment and deaths in 1987 through 1993.
Change in mortality was similar in occupation groups in which unemployment rates increased at a different pace. These relationships were similar for all age groups and for mortality from diseases as well as accidents and violence.
Unemployment does not seem to cause mortality in the short term. Excess mortality rates among unemployed individuals observed in previous studies may have been due in part to selection.
本研究估计了职业群体失业率变化对失业率上升期间死亡率变化的影响。
1985年所有20至64岁有经济活动的芬兰男性的人口普查记录与1987年至1993年的失业和死亡信息相联系。
失业率以不同速度上升的职业群体中,死亡率变化相似。所有年龄组以及疾病、事故和暴力导致的死亡率的这些关系都是相似的。
短期内失业似乎不会导致死亡。先前研究中观察到的失业个体的超额死亡率可能部分归因于选择因素。