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Objectives: Using a national representative sample of adolescents with unemployed parents,
this study examined which factors (sociodemographic and of satisfaction with family
life and peers) are related to the negative effect of parents' unemployment on emotional
well-being.
Study design: Cross-sectional survey study.
Methods: Data on adolescents (14.1 ± 1.7 years old), with at least one parent unemployed
(n ¼ 1311, 53.2% girls), was provided by the Portuguese Health Behaviour in School-aged
Children study. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results: A high proportion of adolescents reported being emotionally affected by father's
unemployment but not by their mother's. Older boys and older girls were more likely to
report that their same-gender parent's unemployment situation (sons-fathers and
daughters-mothers) has had a negative effect on their well-being. Girls from low socioeconomic
status and with poor family satisfaction were more likely to report negative
emotional well-being related to parental unemployment.
Conclusions: This study presents evidence on factors that can shape adolescents' emotional
well-being related to parents' unemployment situation. Given the recessionary context and high unemployment rates, these insights are valuable to assist the design of an action to
improve the levels of well-being of Portuguese adolescents from unemployed families.
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Keywords
Adolescents Individual factors Parental unemployment Socio-economic status Well-being
Citation
Public Health, 143, 17-24. Doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.10.003
Publisher
WB Saunders