Cross-national variation of gender differences in adolescent subjective health in Europe and North America

Torsheim, Torbjørn; Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike; Hetland, Jørn; Välimaa, Raili; Danielson, Mia; Overpeck, Mary D.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.047

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“…For example, studies have consistently shown that infant mortality rates (IMR) vary significantly by welfare regime type (Bambra, 2006a;Chung & Muntaner, 2007;Coburn, 2004;Navarro et al, 2006), with rates lowest in the Scandinavian countries and highest in the Southern regimes. These systematic differences in health outcomes may be explained by the relative roles of the state, the family and the market in welfare provision (EspingAndersen, 1990) with the more highly decommodifying welfare states (Scandinavian) -through income redistribution (Dahl, Elstad, Hofoss, & Martin-Mollard, 2006;Subramanian & Kawachi, 2006b;Torsheim, Currie, Boyce, & Samdal, 2006b;Torsheim et al, 2006a) and low unemployment (Ferrie, Shipley, Stansfeld, & Marmot, 2002;Keefe et al, 2002;Lahelma, 1992;Martikainen & Valkonen, 1996) -providing better protection against the health effects of a low market (socio-economic) position.…”

Section: Health Differences Between Countries and Welfare State Regimesmentioning

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Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis

Eikemo

Bambra

Judge

et al. 2008

Social Science & Medicine

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the degree to which welfare state regime characteristics explained the proportional variation of self-perceived health betweenEuropean countries, when individual and regional variation was accounted for, by undertaking a multilevel analysis of the European Social Survey (2002 and

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Section: Health Differences Between Countries and Welfare State Regimesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis

Eikemo

Bambra

Judge

et al. 2008

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The five options were 'almost every day', 'more than once a week', 'almost every week', 'almost every month' and 'rarely or never'. Qualitative validations of the scale have suggested that each negative complaint impacts daily life and wellbeing [28,34]. The responses were recoded to the following categories: (1) 'yes', if the answers were 'almost every day', 'more than once a week' and 'almost every week'; (2) 'no', if the answers were 'almost every month', 'rarely or never'.…”

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“…Children in lone-parent families and stepfamilies are at a disadvantage, in cognitive, emotional and behavioural terms, compared with those in two-parent families [12,25]. Previous findings indicated to mechanisms that connected mental health to the economic status of an adolescent [9,28]. Poor selfrated mental health and multiple health complaints are more common in lower socio-economic groups [29].…”

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Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Samm

Tooding

Sisask

et al. 2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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To cite this version:Algi Abstract Depressive feelings and suicidal ideation in a non-clinical sample of adolescents in Estonia were analysed in the context of family structure, mutual relationships amongst family members and schoolchildren's preferences regarding intimate personal contacts with particular family members. Data from the WHO collaborative study 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/ 2006' (HBSC) were used. A representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years completed the semi-structured questionnaire. The analyses included only adolescents living in households with at least one birth parent. The subjects were 4,389 schoolchildren (2,178 boys and 2,211 girls), who were divided into three groups based on: (1) suicidal thoughts, with or without depressive feelings; (2) depressive feelings; and (3) neither suicidal thoughts nor depressive feelings. Multinomial logistic regression was used. The proportion of depressive feelings increased with age for both boys and girls. Girls expressed depressive feelings more frequently than boys from ages 13 and 15 years, and suicidal thoughts from age 15 years. Self-reported satisfaction with relationships in the family reduced the likelihood of depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. Good communication with the parents reduced the likelihood of suicidal thoughts in all age groups. Adolescents who were satisfied with their family relationships suffered less frequently from depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. The best environment for an adolescent was a family with both birth parents. Of the adolescents in 'non-intact' families, those with a step-parent in the family showed suicidal thoughts more frequently than those in single-parent families. Associations between family-related variables and suicidal thoughts were significant even after adjusting for family economic deprivation score.

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“…19 Functional somatic symptoms often differ between women and men; 18 in childhood the levels are similar for girls and boys, but from early adolescence onwards, girls and women generally report higher levels than boys and men. 21,22 The aim of this study was to analyse the potential long-term associations between youth unemployment and functional somatic symptoms in adulthood, after controlling for functional somatic symptoms in youth, socioeconomic background, education and later adult unemployment.…”

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Youth unemployment and functional somatic symptoms in adulthood: results from the Northern Swedish cohort

Brydsten

Hammarström

Strandh

et al. 2015

Eur J Public Health

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Cross-national variation of gender differences in adolescent subjective health in Europe and North America

Cited by 185 publications

References 23 publications

Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis

Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis

Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Youth unemployment and functional somatic symptoms in adulthood: results from the Northern Swedish cohort

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