Open AccessWhat is the effect of unemployment on all-cause mortality? A cohort study using propensity score matching
Author(s) -
Tom Clemens,
Frank Popham,
Paul Boyle
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cku136
Subject(s) - propensity score matching , unemployment , hazard ratio , demography , medicine , confidence interval , socioeconomic status , matching (statistics) , cohort study , population , proportional hazards model , economics , environmental health , economic growth , pathology , sociology
There is a strong association between unemployment and mortality, but whether this relationship is causal remains debated. This study utilizes population-level administrative data from Scotland within a propensity score framework to explore whether the association between unemployment and mortality may be causal.
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