Health Inequalities and Welfare Resources [electronic resource] : Continuity and Change in Sweden
Fritzell, Johan.
Lundberg, Professor Olle.
Bristol : Policy Press,
2007.
How welfare states influence population health and health inequalities has long been debated but less well tested by empirical research. This book presents new empirical evidence of the effects of Swedish welfare state structures and policies on the lives of Swedish citizens. However, the discussion, analysis and innovative theoretical approaches developed in the book have wide implications for health research and policy beyond Scandinavian borders.
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Cover; HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND WELFARE RESOURCES - Continuity and change in Sweden; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; ONE - Health, inequalities, welfare and resources; Introduction; Swedish welfare state: distinct but changing; Theory and measurement of welfare; Measuring health status; Social stratification and health; Health inequalities; Understanding health inequalities: a life course perspective; Our data; Research themes; Resources and the welfare state
TWO - Health and inequalities in Sweden: long and short-term perspectivesIntroduction; Data, variables and methods; Changes in life expectancy and mortality; Health changes in Sweden 1968-2000; Health changes in Sweden 1991-2000; Conclusion; THREE - Changing gender differences in musculoskeletal pain and psychological distress; Introduction; Background; Material and methods; Results; Conclusion; FOUR - Life course inequalities: generations and social class; Introduction; Generating generational differences across the life course; Crucial measurement questions; Empirical results
Influence of class of originAccumulation of class experience; Conclusion; FIVE - Work stress and health: is the association moderated by sense of coherence?; Introduction; Research questions; Background; Material and methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; SIX - Psychosocial work environment and stress-related health complaints: an analysis of children's and adolescents' situation in school; Introduction; Welfare state and the school; Work environment and health; Applying demand, control and support to school children; Outline of the study; Data material and methods; Results; Conclusion
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SIXSEVEN - Assessing the contribution of relative deprivation to income differences in health; Introduction; Accounting for the association; How to identify relative deprivation?; Data and variable construction; Results; Conclusion; EIGHT - Social capital and health in the Swedish welfare state; Introduction; Theoretical foundations of social capital; Welfare state and social capital; Social capital and health; Data; Results; Conclusion
NINE - 'What's marital status got to do with it?': gender inequalities in economic resources, health and functional abilities among older adultsIntroduction; Demography; Welfare state; Data; Results; Conclusion; TEN - Health inequalities and welfare resources: findings and forecasts; Introduction; Socioeconomic inequalities: changes over time and over the life course; Gender differences over time and in different phases of life; Age - not merely a confounder; Differences by country of birth; Command over resources versus psychosocial or material explanations; References; Index
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How welfare states influence population health and health inequalities has long been debated but less well tested by empirical research. This book presents new empirical evidence of the effects of Swedish welfare state structures and policies on the lives of Swedish citizens. However, the discussion, analysis and innovative theoretical approaches developed in the book have wide implications for health research and policy beyond Scandinavian borders.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-238) and index.
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Equality.
Health Status Indicators.
Medical economics.
Welfare economics.