Abstract
Objective: To assess the impact of country material distribution on adolescents' perceptions of health.
Design: Cross sectional multilevel study.
Setting: Data were collected from the school based health behaviour in school aged children: WHO cross national study 1997/98, which includes students from 27 European and North American countries.
Participants: 12 0381 students in year 6, 8, and 10 who were attending school classes on the day of data collection.
Conclusion: There are substantial inequalities in subjective health across European and North American countries related to the distribution of family material resources in these countries.
Design: Cross sectional multilevel study.
Setting: Data were collected from the school based health behaviour in school aged children: WHO cross national study 1997/98, which includes students from 27 European and North American countries.
Participants: 12 0381 students in year 6, 8, and 10 who were attending school classes on the day of data collection.
Conclusion: There are substantial inequalities in subjective health across European and North American countries related to the distribution of family material resources in these countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 156-161 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jan 2006 |
Keywords
- Self-rated health
- Income inequality
- Socio-economic status
- mortality
- children
- gradients
- poverty
