Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the cohorts

	Cohort65 (n = 1001)	Cohort73 (n = 686)
Gender
- men	52 %	50 %
- women	48 %	50 %
Parents’ occupational status
- both blue-collar workers	37	38
- one blue-collar worker	33	39
- not blue-collar workers	30	24
Poor mental health at baseline (1)
- anxiousness	18 %	25 %
- depressiveness	23 %	34 %
Unemployment at baseline
- exposed	27 %	61 %
- median among the exposed	25 weeks	16 weeks
Poor mental health at follow-up (1)
- anxiousness	24 %	23 %
- depressiveness	33 %	25 %
Unemployment at follow-up(2)
- exposed	10 %	1 %
- median among the exposed	50 weeks	20 weeks

(1) Score in the upper quartile

(2) During the three years that precede the follow-up