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Unemployment, life satisfaction and deprivation: Gender and partnership differences in the context of economic recession

dc.contributor.authorFrasquilho, Diana
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Margarida Gaspar de
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Adilson
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Tânia
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, José Miguel Caldas de
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T18:10:24Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T18:10:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The economic recession produced a rapid rise of unemployment rates that was more visible in Southern European countries. There is evidence that unemployment correlates highly with individuals’ poor life satisfaction. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the relationship between life satisfaction, household composition and socioeconomic deprivation in people facing unemployment during the economic recession. METHODS: A sample of 748 unemployed people from Lisbon (Portugal) completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Cantril’s ladder of life scale, and the latent and manifest benefits of work scale (LAMB). Multiple regression analyses were used to test the associations between life satisfaction and all other variables. RESULTS: Partnered people report higher life satisfaction compared to singles. Financial deprivation and lack of structured time were the strongest factors negatively related to life satisfaction in both partnered and single people. Having children had a particular negative effect on the life satisfaction of partnered men; and living with an unemployed partner together with lack of social contact and high enforced activity had a negative effect on life satisfaction in partnered women. CONCLUSION: The heterogeneity of socioeconomic needs found by household composition bring practical policy implications for support actions targeting unemployed individuals in the unique context of economic recession.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationWORK, 57(1), 79-86. Doi: 10.3233/WOR-172536pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3233/WOR-172536pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1051-9815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5586
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherIOS Presspt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMarital statuspt_PT
dc.subjectParenthood statuspt_PT
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factorspt_PT
dc.subjectJoblesspt_PT
dc.subjectWell-beingpt_PT
dc.titleUnemployment, life satisfaction and deprivation: Gender and partnership differences in the context of economic recessionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBD%2F80846%2F2011/PT
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceNetherlandspt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage86pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage79pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleWORKpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume57pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamSFRH
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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