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Feeling precarious affects young people’s mental health
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1Labour precariousness is a phenomenon that is not equally distributed across young people, whereas feeling precarious affects all, independently from their gender, age, or migrant background.
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231% of our interviewees are at risk of depression/anxiety. Feeling precarious, and not a precarious job in itself, is crucial as an explaining factor.
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3Feeling precarious goes beyond having a low-quality job; its meaning for our respondents also includes the incapacity to satisfy basic needs or access a decent standard of living.
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440.6% of our sample stated that they suffer from at least one mental or physical health issue due to economic insecurity. Living alone is associated with greater economic insecurity.
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5The economic security of households has been challenged in the post-pandemic era, especially due to the inflation crisis and rising energy costs. About 65% of those who feel extremely precarious, state that these have been factors of economic insecurity for their household.
