In the journal article \u201cThe effects of low-pay and unemployment on psychological well being: a logistic regression approach\u201d Theodossiou explores the correlation between unemployment and mental health issues. They explored the issue mainly based on people\u2019s answers to a series of questions, which makes me wonder of people are unhappy because of their unemployment or if they are unhappy because they are most likely surrounded by other unemployed people so maybe it has become a consensus that they are unhappy instead of individual feelings of unhappiness. I think is is important how the article addresses why unemployment might make people so unhappy, it reads \u201cit may be a source of prestige and social recognition, a basis for self-respect and sense of worth, an opportunity for social participation or merely a way of earning a living.\u201d This proves that if people are unemployed they are typically unsatisfied and allows data to explore to what level they are unsatisfied. I think it is also important that they look at the subgroups, as we know from the Simpsons Paradox reading they can paint a different picture, in this case they seem to get the same result but with different reasoning, for example young people are more unhappy out of boredom and lack of purpose instead of out of stress. I think this article does a complete job of addressing how unemployment can affect many different aspects of mental health, I think they use there data well to prove multiple different correlations that are present between this data set. I think this was one of the more comprehensive articles in collecting data and addressing the concrete conclusions that can be made from it. In the simpson’s paradox blog from last week the question was raised \u201cIs this a connection that humans are forcing or something that happens on its own?\u201d In regards to correlation and I think in this particular study they were able to present accurate and enough information that the correlation between unemployment and unhappiness is one that is really evident and not one that humans are forcing. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the journal article “The effects of low-pay and unemployment on psychological well being: a logistic regression approach” Theodossiou explores the correlation between unemployment and mental health issues. They explored the issue mainly based on people’s answers to a series of questions, which makes me wonder of people are unhappy because of their unemployment or … <\/p>\n

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