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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:170-172
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Mental Health

Commentary: Do social programmes contribute to mental well-being? The long-term impact of unemployment on depression in the US

Jane E Ferrie

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: j.ferrie@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Using baseline (1987) and follow-up (1992) data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), Rodriguez et al. set out to examine the long-term consequences of different types of government benefit on the negative mental health impact of unemployment.1 The NSFH is a rich dataset which has enabled the authors to look at the short- and long-term effects of employment status and receipt of benefit, while controlling for depression score at baseline and numerous other factors that have been shown to be associated with employment status and depression, such as debt and social support. Research of this nature is important as few studies have explicitly examined the effects of government benefits on health outcomes using individual data.

The paper presents numerous findings, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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