title: Increased prevalence of depression, smoking, heavy drinking and use of psycho-active drugs among unemployed men in France.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We document in the present study the relation between unemployment and the prevalence of health problems and risk behaviour in France.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from the 1991-1992 French National Health Survey, adjustments are made for potential confounders, and relative risks (RR) are estimated for overweight, major physical diseases, depression, and addictive behaviours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unemployed men are found to have significantly higher prevalences of depression (RR: 2.6), smoking (RR: 1.5 for regular and 1.7 for heavy), heavy drinking (RR: 1.7) and consumption of psycho-active drugs (RR: 3.6) than the working population.
authors.affiliation: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France. khlat@ined.fr
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khlat
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sermet
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Pape
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data