ANALYZING DIFFERENCES IN THE MAGNITUDE OF SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH BY COUNTRIES OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL TRADITION IN EUROPE

作者：Borrell Carme^*; Espelt Albert; Rodriguez Sanz Maica; Burstrom Bo; Muntaner Carles; Pasarin M Isabel; Benach Joan; Marinacci Chiara; Roskam Albert Jan; Schaap Maartje; Regidor Enrique; Costa Giuseppe; Santana Paula; Deboosere Patrick; Kunst Anton; Navarro Vicente

来源：International Journal of Health Services, 2009, 39(2): 321-341.

DOI：10.2190/HS.39.2.f

The objectives of this study are to describe, for European countries, variations among political traditions in the magnitude of inequalities in self-perceived health by educational level and to determine whether these variations change when contextual welfare state, labor market, wealth, and income inequality variables are taken into account. In this cross-sectional study, the authors took at the population aged 25 to 64 in 13 European countries. Individual data were obtained from the Health Interview Surveys of each country. Educational-level inequalities in self-perceived health exist in all countries and in all political traditions, among both women and men. When countries are grouped by political tradition, social democratic countries are found to have the lowest educational-level inequalities.

• 出版日期2009