@article{ref1,
title="Youth unemployment and economic recession in Spain: influence on health and lifestyles in young people (16-24 years old)",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2015",
author="Aguilar-Palacio, Isabel and Carrera-Lasfuentes, Patricia and Rabanaque, M. José",
volume="60",
number="4",
pages="427-435",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To explore health status and lifestyles in young Spanish people in 2006 and 2012, the changes between these 2 years and the influence of employment status on health and lifestyles in this period. <br><br>METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the Spanish National Health Surveys 2006 and 2011/12 in people 16-24 years old (3701). Regression analyses for pooled cross-sectional data were developed. Employment status was considered as explanatory variable of health (self-rated health, diagnosed morbidity and mental disorders) and lifestyles (overweight, tobacco and alcohol consumption). <br><br>RESULTS: Male unemployment was associated with poor self-rated health (OR 1.88; CI 95 % 1.00-3.53), mental disorders (OR 2.42; CI 95 % 1.02-5.76) and tobacco consumption (OR 1.62; CI 95 % 1.00-2.62). During the economic recession, young people presented better health results than in 2006. Unemployed who had never worked consumed less tobacco and alcohol than short-term unemployed. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Unemployment was associated in young men with poor self-rated health, mental illness and tobacco consumption. Despite the economic recession, young people presented better self-rated health, diagnosed morbidity and mental health in 2012 than in 2006, especially in women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-015-0668-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0668-9"
}