Gendered Health Consequences of Unemployment

Existing literature indicates that unemployment leads to deteriorated mental and somatic health, poorer self-assessed health, and higher mortality.  However, it is not clear whether, and to what extent, the health consequences of unemployment differ between men and women.  This study, in Sweden, found that: hospital admission is somewhat more common among unemployed males than among unemployed females; receiving sick pay is much more common post-unemployment for men than for women; and excess mortality is higher among unemployed males than among unemployed females.  Read more about this research at: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14899-8