Labour market position of young people and premature mortality in adult life: A 26-year follow-up of 569 528 Swedish 18 year-olds.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Throughout the industrialized world, demand for low skilled labour is falling. The length of schooling is increasing in response, but so is the proportion of individuals not finishing upper secondary school. The objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between labour market positions at age 18 and all-cause and suicide- and accident-specific mortality in later adulthood.

Methods

Labour market positions at age 18 were categorized for all Swedes born 1972-77 (n=630 959) into four main groups: employed, successful students, students not about to qualify (SNAQs), and individuals not in employment, education or training (NEETs). Cox proportional hazard models were fitted to assess all-cause, suicide and accident mortality up to 2016 (ages 39-44), adjust

SUBMITTER: Doring N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454531 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature