UNEMPLOYMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AMONG HONG-KONG CHINESE WOMEN

The impact of unemployment on psychological health, indexed by the Gen eral Health Questionnaire, was studied in 86 unemployed and 79 employe d Chinese women in Hong Kong. As with findings reported in the West, t he present results showed that the unemployed participants were more d isturbed than their steadily employed peers. In addition, the prevalen ce rate of disturbance (54%) observed in the present sample of unemplo yed women is comparatively higher than those of Western samples report ed previously. Implications of these preliminary findings for research on psychological aspects of unemployment among Hong Kong Chinese were discussed.