So unemployment can be deadly, especially for young men. An analysis of the effects ofjob loss is done for 40 years based on data of 20 million people in 15 countries.
Research by a team from McGill University in Montreal, Canada found that sounemployment increases the risk of premature death to 64 percent. The quality of thenational health system had no effect on the level of risk.
The danger of premature death was found were higher in men than women, 78 percentcompared to 37 percent. In addition, the risk is also greater in young men aged lessthan 50 years.
"Even in the modern world as it is now losing jobs to be enormous pressure for menthan women," said Eran Shor, a sociologist from Canada.
He added that the man is still the backbone of the family because it is when a manbecomes unemployed a family can become poor. "The impact is very big for men's health, for example, he became smokers, drunks, and reduced quality of family health ingeneral," he said.
According to Shor, in contrast with the results of other studies that further highlights thestate of health prior to loss of employment, such as diabetes and smoking habits, the study did not find effects of previous health status has little impact.
"Being unemployed cause stress and negative effects on family economic status,including access to treatment. This will increase the death rate," he said.
Research by a team from McGill University in Montreal, Canada found that sounemployment increases the risk of premature death to 64 percent. The quality of thenational health system had no effect on the level of risk.
The danger of premature death was found were higher in men than women, 78 percentcompared to 37 percent. In addition, the risk is also greater in young men aged lessthan 50 years.
"Even in the modern world as it is now losing jobs to be enormous pressure for menthan women," said Eran Shor, a sociologist from Canada.
He added that the man is still the backbone of the family because it is when a manbecomes unemployed a family can become poor. "The impact is very big for men's health, for example, he became smokers, drunks, and reduced quality of family health ingeneral," he said.
According to Shor, in contrast with the results of other studies that further highlights thestate of health prior to loss of employment, such as diabetes and smoking habits, the study did not find effects of previous health status has little impact.
"Being unemployed cause stress and negative effects on family economic status,including access to treatment. This will increase the death rate," he said.
