Health consequences of youth unemployment—review from a gender perspective

Hammarström, Anne

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)90460-x

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“…Another aspect of constrained agency and health was exposure to violence in oppressive heterosexual relationships as teenagers and young adults. This mirrors gendered patterns in the wider population of disfavoured labour market positions [1]. Strong links are found between violence, mental illness, and other health problems such as long-term pain and posttraumatic stress [73].…”

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“…This study is a call for more research on health experiences related to the multitude of constructs of femininities in various social contexts. In the early 1990s, there were many calls for more knowledge about women’s health and illness [1,76]. Despite the successful development of gender research in public health, we still lack knowledge and research about how femininities are constructed in relation to health experiences in various groups of women and various contexts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Policy-making and interventions need to address the fact that young people’s mental health is related to their position in the labour market, as they may be unemployed or temporary employees [1]. In the Western world, rates of unemployment and mental health problems are increasing [83,84].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the Western world, rates of unemployment and mental health problems are increasing [83,84]. One of the few reviews of the gendered health consequences of youth unemployment highlights some important cornerstones in the construct of gender in relation to health among long-term unemployed working-class young men and women [1]. These cornerstones are gender-based violence in society (including violence in close relationships), women’s subordination in society, and which gendered expressions of feelings (such as low self-worth and depression) and health behaviours are legitimate for men or women [1].…”

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“…Gender theoretical research is needed to understand marginalised and unemployed young women’s poorer health and vulnerable positions in society [1]. In line with Beauvoir [2], and linking these positions to health, Springer et al [3] emphasise that ‘gender is made, not born’ and that ‘gender is inescapably embedded in and constitutive of social structure’ (pp.…”

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Constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions: exploring young femininities and health as shaped by marginalisation and social context. A qualitative study in Northern Sweden

Wiklund

Ahlgren

Hammarström

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: Gender, class and living conditions shape health and illness. However, few studies have investigated constructs of femininity in relation to health and living conditions among young women who are unemployed and marginalised at an early age. Objective: The aim of this research was to elucidate constructs of femininities in relation to structuring living conditions and expressions of health in Northern Swedish women. The time period of interest was the transition from unemployed teenagers to young adults in a social context of high unemployment and societal change across the critical ‘school-to-work-transition’ period of the life course. Methods: Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse data from repeated interviews with unemployed young women, aged 16–33 years, during the 1980s and 1990s. These longitudinal interviews were part of a cohort study in a ‘remote’ municipality in Northern Sweden that began in 1981. All girls who were not in education, employment, or training were selected for interview. An inductive analysis phase was followed by a theoretically informed phase. The contextual frame is the Nordic welfare-state model and the ‘caring state’ with its particular focus on basic and secondary education, and women’s participation in the labour market. This focus paralleled high rates of youth unemployment in northern Sweden during the study period. Results: The results are presented as the theme of ‘constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions’. Within this theme, and framed by dominant norms of patriarchal femininity, we explored the constructs of normative and altruistic, norm-breaking, and troubled femininity. Conclusions: Gender-sensitive interventions are needed to strengthen young women’s further education and positions in the labour market and to preventing exposure to violence. More research on health experiences related to the multitude of constructs of femininities in various social contexts and across the life course is needed to help design and implement such interventions.

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Constructing respectability from disfavoured social positions: exploring young femininities and health as shaped by marginalisation and social context. A qualitative study in Northern Sweden

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Hammarström

2018

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Gambling with life: Masculinity, risk, and danger in the lives of unauthorized migrant roofers

Chávez

Altman

2017

American J Industrial Med

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Undocumented men return to Mexico injured with chronic pain, health complications, and trauma. We find that men "do gender" that is adopt masculine beliefs, when they skirt safety practices, police each other's behaviors, withhold their emotions, experience heightened stress, and engage in poor health behaviors. It is a combination of dangerous working conditions, economic insecurity, and men seeking to fulfill their masculine roles that all combine to create unsafe working conditions and lead to injuries.

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