The Influence of Past Unemployment Duration on Symptoms of Depression Among Young Women and Men in the United States

I examined whether unemployment while looking for a job and being out of the labor force while not seeking work have distinct effects on symptoms of depression among young women and men in the United States. I also investigated whether past unemployment duration predicts depressive symptoms.I used ordinary least squares regression to analyze data from the 1979-1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.Cross-sectional results suggested that...