Research Article

The Impact of Unemployment on Mental and Physical Health, Access to Health Care and Health Risk Behaviors

Table 1

Descriptive statistics by employment status.

VariableEmployedUnemployed > 1 yearUnemployed < 1 yearOut of labor force
Weighted %Weighted %Weighted %Weighted % 𝑃 -value**
  ( 𝑛 = 1 0 8 6 )( 𝑛 = 1 4 2 )( 𝑛 = 2 0 9 )( 𝑛 = 1 4 3 4 )

Gender<0.001*
 Male55.749.4860.1535.81
 Female44.350.5239.8564.19
Age<0.001*
 18–247.016.2913.187.14
 25–4963.2866.2966.5421.86
 >5029.6827.4220.2770.99
Race<0.001*
 White72.9955.7152.0680.11
 Black4.065.277.254.5
 Hispanic14.0821.0129.3210.39
 Other8.951811.364.99
Income<0.001*
 <$20.0005.2934.7033.8615.47
$20 K to <$50 K26.7747.7939.4445.27
 >$50 K67.9317.526.739.26
Education<0.001*
 <High School Grad4.547.1516.239.04
 High School Grad25.6233.7438.9631.29
 Some College69.8459.1144.859.67

*Significant ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ), **Rao Scott 𝜒 2 .