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The Influence of Economic Factors on the Relationship between Partnership Status and Health: A Gender Approach to the Spanish Case
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Abstract This study explores the relevance of economic factors (e.g., a household's economic capacity and the prevailing economic context) to understand the relationship between the partnership status and the health of Spanish adult women and men (age 3059). To do so, it draws on cross-sectional data from th... view more
This study explores the relevance of economic factors (e.g., a household's economic capacity and the prevailing economic context) to understand the relationship between the partnership status and the health of Spanish adult women and men (age 3059). To do so, it draws on cross-sectional data from the Spanish sample of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for the years 2005, 2010, and 2015 (i.e., before, during, and after the 2008-2012 economic recession). The results reveal dissimilar patterns of association between partnership status and both the health of, and the economic difficulties faced by Spanish women and men in each of the three years studied. Most notably, the partnership status of Spanish women has a greater impact on their likelihood of experiencing economic difficulties and poor health than does that of their male counterparts. Additionally, women are also more likely to experience economic difficulties during and after the economic recession. The disadvantageous situation of Spanish women in the public sphere is shown to have a negative impact on their ability to cope with the economic difficulties associated with the end of a union and a contextual recession.... view less
Keywords
Spain; partnership; health status; gender-specific factors; gender relations; inequality; microeconomic factors; life situation
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Medicine, Social Medicine
Free Keywords
partnership status; subjective health; gender inequalities; EU-SILC 2005 ; EU-SILC 2010 ; EU-SILC2015
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-12
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2022) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052975
ISSN
1660-4601
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed