title: Is the health of the long-term unemployed better or worse in high unemployment areas?
abstract: Data on 25.6 million adults from the UK 2001 Census were analysed to compare the regional pattern of self-rated health of the long-term unemployed to that of people from different social classes and of those who have never worked. The results show that the health of the long-term unemployed was better in high unemployment regions, and conversely, worse where the local labour market was traditionally stronger. This is the reverse of the regional pattern found-for different social classes and for those who have never worked.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool. mmw@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drever
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology