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Table 1 Proportions (percentage) of 15-year-olds feeling low, having difficulties getting to sleep and headache and proportions of 15-24-year-olds employed, unemployed and not in labour force, in ten countries in the earliest (typically 1985) and latest year available (typically 2002).

From: Association between labour market trends and trends in young people's mental health in ten European countries 1983-2005

Country

Year

Feeling low

Difficulties getting to sleep

Headache

Labour market status

  

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Employed

Unemployed

Not in labour force

Austria

1983

2.2

5.6

8.9

14.5

3.1

11.1

61.2

2.8

35.8

 

2002

3.6

7.5

8.7

15.1

8.2

22.4

53.4

3.2

43.4

Belgium

1985

10.7

14.2

14.9

20.0

6.2

13.3

32.3

7.9

59.9

 

2002

13.0

21.4

12.4

20.0

11.6

23.0

26.1

5.5

68.4

Denmark

1993

1.8

13.8

12.3

15.2

3.8

10.5

63.8

8.6

27.6

 

2002

4.8

16.8

14.3

18.2

4.8

13.5

65.7

4.6

29.7

Finland

1983

6.7

12.4

14.4

18.0

2.6

11.5

50.0

5.3

44.7

 

2002

7.3

15.6

11.6

15.9

8.8

25.2

32.4

12.9

54.8

Hungary

1993

17.0

30.5

11.0

12.2

8.2

24.7

31.9

8.6

59.5

 

2002

19.0

31.5

11.0

21.2

11.2

30.7

31.8

3.5

64.8

Norway

1983

6.0

10.9

10.3

14.4

4.4

13.6

56.4

4.9

38.7

 

2002

7.6

19.3

12.5

18.5

8.1

20.6

53.9

7.5

38.6

Spaina

1985

9.2

13.9

9.7

18.4

9.7

17.7

33.4

23.4

43.3

 

2002

14.6

29.1

11.9

20.9

14.1

28.9

33.4

12.0

54.7

Sweden

1985

4.7

12.2

14.9

15.8

4.8

16.1

63.1

4.7

32.2

 

2005

14.4

35.6

21.2

30.4

13.0

30.8

38.0

10.1

51.9

Switzerland

1985

9.0

23.8

-

-

5.7

16.1

67.1

1.8

31.1

 

2002

6.6

21.6

12.3

21.0

6.5

17.6

62.6

4.4

33.0

UK

1985

6.6

8.3

14.3

18.2

4.8

11.7

66.3

12.3

21.4

 

2002

9.8

21.6

17.9

27.5

12.1

28.5

59.4

7.8

32.8

  1. Note: All proportions are corrected estimates resulting from linear regressions, see "Statistical methods" section. aFor Spain, the table gives the actual observed proportions with symptoms.