Macro-level determinants of young people's subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Macro-level determinants of young people's subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states

Original language description

Objectives: Cross-national studies have rarely focused on young people. The aim of this study is to investigate whether macro-level determinants are associated with health and socioeconomic inequalities in young people's health. Study design: Data were collected from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2006, which included 11- to 15-year old adolescents from 27 European and North American countries (n = 134,632). This study includes national income, health expenditure, income inequality, and welfare regime dummy-variables as macro-level determinants, using hierarchical regression modelling. Main outcome measure: Psychosomatic health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in psychosomatic health complaints. Results: Adolescents in countries with higher income inequality and with liberal welfare tradition were associated with more health complaints and a stronger relationship between socioeconomic status and macro-level determinants compared to adolescents fro

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FK - Gynaecology and obstetrics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Maturitas

ISSN

0378-5122

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

80

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

IE - IRELAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

414-420

UT code for WoS article

000353085900011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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