Increased prevalence of depression, smoking, heavy drinking and use of psycho-active drugs among unemployed men in France.
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.
Khlat
Myriam
M
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France. khlat@ined.fr
Sermet
Catherine
C
Le Pape
Annick
A
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