O'rly? Who could have guessed this? Unemployed sicker, more mental complaints

[The Straight Story]

Unemployed sicker, more mental complaints


BERLIN, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Compared with the employed, the unemployed suffer more often and longer from physical ailments and emotional complaints, researchers in Germany say.

Lars E. Kroll of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin and colleagues analyzed data obtained from 12,022 people ages 30-59 as part of the Current Health in Germany survey that was conducted in 2008 and 2009.

The researchers used health indicators and measured social support based on the Oslo Three-Item Social Support Scale.

The unemployed studied suffered from physical, emotional and functional impairment more often than the employed. However, those who had little social support are more likely to be impaired in these three areas whether employed or unemployed, the study says.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/02/05/Unemployed-sicker-more-mental-complaints/UPI-67421296944717/#ixzz1DCAJX0XA

Here in the US without health care those things will go untreated, and just make the cycle worse.

Next study (which I am applying for funding for) "People without food and out of work are often hungry"