Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260191 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016:19
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
We use rich longitudinal survey and register data on Swedish individuals to examine the relationship between financial strain and mental health. Specifically, we consider the longitudinal relationships between payment difficulties and subjective (self-reported anxiety) as well as objective (psychiatric drug use) measures of mental ill-health. Among previously healthy individuals, payment difficulty experiences are strongly associated with self-reported mental ill-health. The association with later psychiatric drug use is weaker and differs by gender. Psychiatric drug users are on the other hand at high risk of later experiencing payment difficulties. This indicates that policy measures regarding the payment difficulties–health nexus ought to prioritize activities improving mental health.
Subjects: 
financial strain
mental health
stress
JEL: 
I12
I30
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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