abstract: 'Background: Employment conditions are associated with health inequities.

  In 2013, French young people had the highest unemployment rate and among

  those who worked as salaried workers most of them had temporary job. The

  purpose of the study was to assess mental health state of French young

  people through the prism of their occupational status and to measure

  whether occupational status is a determinant of health inequities.

  Methods: A cross-sectional multicentre observational survey was

  performed in June and July 2010 in 115 French Local Social Centres and

  74 Health Examination Centres, who were available to participate. The

  survey was based on an anonymous self-administrated questionnaire

  delivered by social workers or healthcare professionals to young people

  age from 16 to 25 years old. The questionnaire was composed of 54 items.

  Several health outcomes were measured: self-perceived health, mental

  health, addictions and to be victim of violence. The association of

  occupational status and mental health was assessed by adjusting results

  on age and gender and by introducing other explanatory variables such as

  social deprivation.

  Results: A total of 4282 young people completed the questionnaire, a

  response rate of 83\%, 1866 men and 2378 women, sex-ratio 0.79. French

  young people having a non-working occupational status or a non-permanent

  working status were more exposed to poor self-perceived health, poor

  mental health, addictions and violence. To be at school particularly

  secondary school was a protective factor for addiction.

  Conclusions: Occupational status of French young people was a

  determinant of mental health inequities. Young people not at work and

  not studying reported greater vulnerability and should be targeted

  therefore by appropriate and specific social and medical services.'
affiliation: 'Blanquet, M (Corresponding Author), Ctr Hosp Univ Clermont Ferrand,
  Serv Sante Publ, 7 Pl Henri Dunant, F-63058 Clermont Ferrand 1, France.

  Blanquet, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Auvergne, Clermont Univ, EA 4681, PEPRADE
  Perinatal Grossesse Environm PRAt Med \& D, Clermont Ferrand, France.

  Blanquet, Marie; Gerbaud, Laurent, Ctr Hosp Univ Clermont Ferrand, Serv Sante Publ,
  7 Pl Henri Dunant, F-63058 Clermont Ferrand 1, France.

  Blanquet, Marie; Gerbaud, Laurent, Univ Auvergne, Clermont Univ, EA 4681, PEPRADE
  Perinatal Grossesse Environm PRAt Med \& D, Clermont Ferrand, France.

  Labbe-Lobertreau, Emilie; Sass, Catherine, Ctr Examens Sante Cetaf, Ctr Tech Appui
  \& Format, 67-69 Ave Rochetaillee, F-42100 St Etienne, France.

  Berger, Dominique, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ESPE, Univ Lyon, HESPER Hlth Serv
  \& Performance Res, 5 Rue Anselme, F-69004 Lyon, France.'
article-number: '142'
author: Blanquet, Marie and Labbe-Lobertreau, Emilie and Sass, Catherine and Berger,
  Dominique and Gerbaud, Laurent
author-email: mblanquet@chu-clermontferrand.fr
author_list:
- family: Blanquet
  given: Marie
- family: Labbe-Lobertreau
  given: Emilie
- family: Sass
  given: Catherine
- family: Berger
  given: Dominique
- family: Gerbaud
  given: Laurent
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0634-7
files: []
issn: 1475-9276
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
keywords: 'Health inequities; Occupational status; Young people; Self-perceived

  health; Mental health'
keywords-plus: 'SELF-RATED HEALTH; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORKING-CONDITIONS; JOB

  INSECURITY; INEQUALITIES'
language: English
month: AUG 8
number-of-cited-references: '30'
papis_id: 3896d149c6273b7e79ee838c9ec865ef
ref: Blanquet2017occupationalstatus
researcherid-numbers: GERBAUD, Laurent/ABY-4952-2022
times-cited: '5'
title: 'Occupational status as a determinant of mental health inequities in French
  young people: is fairness needed? Results of a cross-sectional multicentre observational
  survey'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000407834600002
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '16'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2017'