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Health inequalities in Europe: Does minimum income protection make a difference?
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Abstract Poverty, a risk factor for ill health, could be alleviated by generous welfare states. However, do generous social policies also reduce the health implications of socio-economic inequalities? This study investigates how minimum income protection is associated with socio-economic health inequalities.... mehr
Poverty, a risk factor for ill health, could be alleviated by generous welfare states. However, do generous social policies also reduce the health implications of socio-economic inequalities? This study investigates how minimum income protection is associated with socio-economic health inequalities. The author hypothesises that higher benefit levels are associated with lower health inequalities between income groups. Minimum income benefits support the people most in need, and therefore should improve the health of the lowest income groups, which in turn would reduce overall health inequalities. This hypothesis is tested with the European Social Survey (2002-2012) and the SaMip dataset using three-level multilevel models, covering 26 countries. The results show a robust relationship between benefit levels and individual self-rated health. However, the hypothesis of reduced health inequalities is not completely supported, since the findings for the cross-level interactions between income quintiles and benefit levels differ for each quintile.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Europa; Einkommensunterschied; Armut; gesundheitliche Folgen; Ungleichheit; sozioökonomische Faktoren; soziale Sicherung; Sozialpolitik; Mindesteinkommen
Klassifikation
soziale Sicherung
Medizinsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
benefit levels; income-related health inequalities; minimum income protection; social assistance; European Social Survey (ESS), 2002-2012; Social Assistance and Minimum Income Protection Interim Data Set (SaMip)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 1-20
Zeitschriftentitel
Current Sociology (2019)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392119890657
ISSN
1461-7064
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung