From macro to micro: The health of Swedish lone mothers during changing economic and social circumstances

Fritzell, Sara; Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck; Fritzell, Johan; Burström, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.031

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“…In three Swedish studies, the temporal shift in health outcomes was put under scrutiny (Burstrom et al 1999;Fritzell and Burstrom 2006;Fritzell et al 2007). The studies showed the emergence of lone parents as a vulnerable social group during the nineties and the first decade of the new century.…”

Section: Health Trajectoriesmentioning

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Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

Bernardi

Mortelmans

Larenza

2017

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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The socio-demographic profile of lone parents has changed in the last decades. Being mostly widowed men and women or young single mothers until the 1970s, lone parents are nowadays mostly divorced and separated parents, even though they are still by and large mothers rather than fathers. As a consequence, the experience of lone parenthood has also dramatically changed. Less objects of pity or stigmatized with shame, lone parents and their children are more than ever bound by legal arrangements to the other parent and are caught in more dynamic family trajectories.There are at least two remarkable changes that certainly need to be addressed by research on lone parenthood: its boundaries and its diversity. Both aspects are connected and have potential implications for lone parents and their children. First, the diversity and complexity of legal and residential arrangements of parents and children make it difficult to establish the borders between a full-time and a part-time one-parent household. When child custody or parental authority are shared, can we still talk about lone parents? Children circulate more and more between two or more parental households after separation, and more than one parent may be financially and legally responsible for them. One direct consequence of such changes in the

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Section: Health Trajectoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

Bernardi

Mortelmans

Larenza

2017

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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“…Following the framework for studying pathways to inequalities in health from the social context to health outcomes (Diderichsen, Evans et al 2001;Fritzell, Ringback Weitoft et al 2007;Burstrom, Whitehead et al 2010), we explored three principal explanations for health inequalities between non-employed lone and couple mothers; compositional factors, differential exposure to risk factors and finally, differential vulnerability to the same exposures.…”

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“…The link between employment and health has become stronger (Fritzell, Ringback Weitoft et al 2007), and the present study shows that health was strongly associated with employment also in [2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005]. Still, the comparatively low level of poverty among families with children in Sweden (and other Nordic countries) is likely to be due both to the relatively higher level of benefits received and the dual-earner model facilitating mothers" employment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 17 (Ferrarini 2006).…”

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Does non-employment contribute to the health disadvantage among lone mothers in Britain, Italy and Sweden? Synergy effects and the meaning of family policy

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This study analyses self-rated health and non-employment and potential synergy effects among lone and couple mothers aged 25-59 in Britain, Sweden and Italy, representing different family policy categories using data from national surveys (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Synergy effects on health were calculated by synergy index. Non-employment only marginally contributed to the excess risk of poor health among lone mothers but there were synergy effects between lone motherhood and nonemployment in all three countries, producing a higher risk of poor health than would be expected from a simple addition of these exposures. Results are discussed in relation to the different family policy and living contexts. Responses to reviewer # 3's comments: The title would read better if "contribute to" is replaced by "associated with". Consider also omitting the subtitle. Response:We have changed the title accordingly, and altered the subtitle. The new title reads: "Is non-employment associated with the health disadvantage among lone mothers in Britain, Italy and Sweden? Family policy and synergy effects" Avoid causal arguments and terminology throughout the text ("causal", "impact", "effect" etc.). Response: We have searched the text for causal arguments and terminology, and changed the wording where we thought it appropriate, and kept the wording when referring to other studies where this terminology has been used. Use "employment" instead of "work" wherever appropriate. Response: We have gone through the article and change wherever appropriate. The country specific analyses have been separately conducted and therefore avoid direct comparisons of countries in terms of the levels of risk (OR). Interactions would be needed for direct country comparisons. Response: We agree and have made alterations in the text. The second para of Discussion says "Non-employment only partly explained.". In my mind the explanation was minimal. Response: We agree and have changed this to: "Non-employment only marginally contributed to the excess risk…." 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Response to Reviewers AbstractThis study analyses self-rated health and non-employment and potential synergy effects among lone and couple mothers aged 25-59 in Britain, Sweden and Italy, representing different family policy categories using data from national surveys (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Synergy effects on health were calculated by synergy index. Non-employment only marginally contributed to the excess risk of poor health among lone mothers but there were synergy effects between lone motherhood and non-employment in all three countries, producing a higher risk of poor health than would be expected from a simple addition of these exposures.Results are discussed in relation to the different family policy and living co...

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“…There was, however, an increase from the mid-1990s in the rates of people reporting less than good self-rated health, anxiety and sleep disorders, particularly among women. Certain groups were harder hit by the economic crisis, including lone mothers, young adults and recent immigrants (Palme et al 2003;Fritzell et al, 2007). These studies did not assess delayed effects.…”

Section: Studying the Effect Of The Economic Crisis And Policy Responmentioning

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Delayed and differential effects of the economic crisis in Sweden in the 1990s on health-related exclusion from the labour market: A health equity assessment

Burström

Nylén

Barr

et al. 2012

Social Science & Medicine

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Many OECD countries are currently experiencing economic crisis and introducing measures with unknown effects. The opportunity to learn from previous experience arises from the Swedish recession in the 1990s and the government's response to it. We explored whether there were delayed or differential effects of the policy response to the economic crisis for people with limiting longstanding illness or disability (LLSI) from different socioeconomic groups and the nature of these effects, by policy analysis and secondary data analysis of the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (ULF) from 1978-2005. The government policy response involved cutting public expenditure, privatising some services and measures to boost private sector employment. There was a decline in overall employment rates from the early 1990s, particularly among men and women with LLSI and in lower socioeconomic groups. Public sector employment declined from 53 to 40 per cent among women and from 23 to 14 per cent among men. Private sector employment increased modestly for women (from 31 per cent to 37 per cent), and stayed stable at 59-60 per cent among men. Following economic recovery, employment rates continued to decline among men and women with LLSI from manual socioeconomic groups, while the employment levels increased among most healthy men and women. There was a concomitant increase in rates of limiting longstanding illness, sickness absence and rates of disability pension particularly among women in lower socioeconomic groups. Conclusion: The policy response to the 1990s economic crisis in Sweden had differential consequences, hitting the employment of women in the public sector, especially women with both LLSI and low socioeconomic status. The observed increase in disability pension rates, particularly among women with LLSI in lower socioeconomic groups, may be a delayed effect of the policy response to the economic crisis.Delayed and differential effects of the economic crisis in Sweden in the 1990s on health-related exclusion from the labour market: a health equity assessment Burström

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From macro to micro: The health of Swedish lone mothers during changing economic and social circumstances

Cited by 46 publications

References 33 publications

Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses

Does non-employment contribute to the health disadvantage among lone mothers in Britain, Italy and Sweden? Synergy effects and the meaning of family policy

Delayed and differential effects of the economic crisis in Sweden in the 1990s on health-related exclusion from the labour market: A health equity assessment

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