Young people's well-being and the economic crisis: How does parental unemployment and family wealth affect the downturn experience?

Diana Frasquilho, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Tânia Gaspar and J.M. Caldas de Almeida

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 69, issue C, 219-222

Abstract: Portugal is among the European countries most severely hit by the economic recession and the fifth with the highest unemployment rate. Given that adolescents' development is highly influenced by their living contexts, monitoring the repercussions of the economic recession is essential for the evaluation and improvement of their current and future public health.

Keywords: Adolescents; Economic recession; Life satisfaction; Parental unemployment; Perceived family wealth; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.018

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