Do employment factors reduce the effect of low education on mental health? A causal mediation analysis using a national panel study
Author(s) -
Allison Milner,
Tony Blakely,
George Disney,
Anne Kavanagh,
Anthony D. LaMontagne,
Zoe Aitken
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy128
Subject(s) - mediation , mental health , medicine , psychology , confidence interval , demography , demographic economics , gerontology , economics , psychiatry , political science , sociology , law
Young people with low education have worse health than those with higher education. This paper examined the extent to which employment and income reduced the adverse effects of low education on mental health among people aged 20-35 years.
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