Lozano, Mariona;
Rentería, Elisenda;
Spijker, Jeroen;
Van Damme, Maike;
Di Gessa, Giorgio;
Lacey, Rebecca;
Xue, Baowen;
(2025)
Setting the scene: cross-sectional country comparisons of associations between young adult care and education, employment, and health outcomes in Europe.
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
, 30
(1)
, Article 2467098. 10.1080/02673843.2025.2467098.
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Abstract
With increasing demand for informal carers, young adults are taking up care of dependent adults. However, early adulthood is the period in which most people invest in human capital and transition to employment. Being neither in employment nor in training (NEET) during this period may have long-term effects, increasing the risk of poor mental health. This study explores data from the third wave of the European Health Survey to better understand the situation of young adult carers (18-29 years old) in Europe. Using multilevel regression models, results indicate that, overall, those who care for dependent adults are more likely to be in NEET status (intensive caring), perceive bad health, and report worse mental health. However, country-level care resources did not affect the gap between carers and non-carers. Hence, cultural differences, or other forms of support, arise as the main role of country differences in the health risks of young adult carers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Setting the scene: cross-sectional country comparisons of associations between young adult care and education, employment, and health outcomes in Europe |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02673843.2025.2467098 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2025.2467098 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Carers, young adults, Europe, NEET, mental health, multilevel analysis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205294 |
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