Gender differences in the associations between health and neighbourhood environment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1681-1692

  Stafford, M ^a   Cummins, S ^b   Macintyre, S ^c   Ellaway, A ^c   Marmot, M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Infrastructure; Neighbourhood; Self rated health; Social capital; Social cohesion; UK

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15944414200     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.028     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. M. Bartley, A. Sacker, D. Firth, and R. Fitzpatrick Social position, social roles and women's health in England changing relationships 1984-1993 Social Science & Medicine 48 1 1999 99 115
2. P. Boyle, P. Norman, and P. Rees Does migration exaggerate the relationship between deprivation and limiting long-term illness? A Scottish analysis Social Science & Medicine 55 1 2002 21 31
3. C. Campbell, and C. McLean Ethnic identities, social capital and health inequalities factors shaping African-Caribbean participation in local community networks in the UK Social Science & Medicine 55 4 2002 643 657
4. V. Carstairs, and R. Morris Deprivation and health in Scotland 1991 Aberdeen University Press Aberdeen
5. T. Chandola, H. Kuper, A. Singh-Manoux, M. Bartley, and M. Marmot The effect of control at home on CHD events in the Whitehall II study gender differences in psychosocial domestic pathways to social inequalities in CHD Social Science & Medicine 58 8 2004 1501 1509
6. J.W. Collins, R.J. David, R. Symons, A. Handler, S. Wale, and S. Andes African-American mothers' perception of their residential environmental, stressful life events, and very low birthweight Epidemiology 9 3 1998 286 289
7. Cummins, S., Macintyre, S., Davidson, S., Ellaway, A., Measuring neighbourhood social and material context: generation and interpretation of ecological data from routine and non-routine sources. Health & Place, in press.
8. Cummins, S., Stafford, M., Macintyre, S., Marmot, M., Ellaway, A., Neighbourhood social and material environment and self-rated health: evidence from Scotland & England. Journal of Epidemiology and community Health, in press.
9. S. Curtis, and I. Rees-Jones Is there a place for geography in the analysis of health inequality? Sociology of Health and Illness 20 5 1998 645 672
10. C. Duncan, K. Jones, and G. Moon Context, composition and heterogeneity, using multilevel models in health research Social Science & Medicine 46 1 1998 97 117
11. A. Ellaway, and S. Macintyre Women in their place. Gender and perceptions of neighbourhoods and health in the West of Scotland I. Dyck N. Davis Lewis S. McLafferty Geographies of women's health 2001 Routledge London 265 281
12. Emslie, C., Hunt, K., Macintyre, S., Gender, work-home conflict and minor morbidity amongst white collar bank employees in the UK. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, in press.
13. B. Erens, and P. Primatesta Health survey for England cardiovascular disease 1998 1998 Stationery Office London
14. H. Goldstein Multilevel statistical models 1995 Arnold London
15. M. Granovetter The strength of weak ties American Journal of Sociology 78 May 1973 1360 1380
16. J. Griffin, R. Fuhrer, S. Stansfeld, and M. Marmot The importance of low control at work and home on depression and anxiety do these effects vary by gender and social class? Social Science & Medicine 54 5 2002 783 798
17. D. Hedeker, and R. Mermelstein Application of random-effects regression models in relapse research Addiction 91 suppl 1996 S211 29
18. E.L. Idler, and Y. Benyamini Self-rated health and mortality a review of twenty-seven community studies Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38 1 1997 21 37
19. E. Lahelma, P. Martikainen, O. Rahkonen, and K. Silventoinen Gender differences in illhealth in Finland patterns, magnitude and change Social Science & Medicine 48 1 1999 7 19
20. S. Macintyre Inequalities in health is research gender blind? D. Leon G. Walt Poverty, inequality and health 2001 Oxford University Press Oxford
21. S. Macintyre, A. Ellaway, and S. Cummins Place effects on health how can we conceptualise, operationalise and measure them? Social Science & Medicine 55 1 2002 125 139
22. S. Macintyre, K. Hunt, and H. Sweeting Gender differences in health are things really as simple as they seem? Social Science & Medicine 42 4 1996 617 624
23. S. Macintyre, L. McKay, G. Der, and R. Hiscock Socio-economic position and health what you observe depends on how you measure it Journal of Public Health Medicine 25 4 2004 288 294
24. P. McDonough, and V. Walters Gender and health reassessing patterns and explanations Social Science & Medicine 52 4 2001 547 559
25. K. Manderbacka Examining what self-rated health question is understood to mean by respondents Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine 26 2 1998 145 153
26. P. Mohai Gender differences in the perception of most important environmental problems Race, Gender & Class 5 1997 153 169
27. C. Molinari, M. Ahern, and M. Hendryx The relationship of community quality to the health of women and men Social Science & Medicine 47 8 1998 1113 1120
28. OPCS Census user guide 44, social class based on occupation definitions in terms of standard occupational classification (SOC) unit groups and employment status 1991 OPCS London
29. K.E. Pickett, and M.J. Pearl Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes a critical review Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 55 2 2001 111 122
30. R.D. Putnam The strange disappearance of civic America The American Prospect 7 24 1996 1 17
31. V.S. Raleigh, and V.A. Kiri Life expectancy in England variations and trends by gender, health authority, and level of deprivation Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 51 6 1997 649 658
32. A. Sacker, M. Bartley, D. Firth, and R. Fitzpatrick Dimensions of social inequality in the health of women in England occupational, material and behavioural pathways Social Science & Medicine 52 5 2001 763 781
33. J. Segovia, R.F. Bartlett, and A.C. Edwards An empirical analysis of the dimensions of health status measures Social Science & Medicine 29 6 1989 761 768
34. Shaw, A., McMunn, A., Field, J., (eds.),. (2000). The Scottish Health Survey 1998. A survey carried out on behalf of The Scottish Executive Department of Health (Vol. 1). UK: The Scottish Executive.
35. A. Sooman, and S. Macintyre Health and perceptions of the local environment in socially contrasting neighbourhoods in Glasgow Health and Place 1 1 1995 15 26
36. M. Stafford, M. Bartley, R. Mitchell, and M. Marmot Characteristics of individuals and characteristics of areas investigating their influence on health in the Whitehall II study Health & Place 7 2 2001 117 129
37. M. Stafford, M. Bartley, R. Wilkinson, R. Boreham, R. Thomas, A. Sacker, and M. Marmot Measuring the social environment Social cohesion and material deprivation in English and Scottish neighbourhoods Environment and Planning A 35 2003 1459 1475
38. M. Stafford, M. Bartley, R. Boreham, R. Thomas, R. Wilkinson, and M. Marmot Neighbourhood social cohesion and health investigating associations and possible mechanisms A. Morgan C. Swann Social capital for health issues of definition, measurement and links to health 2004 Health Development Agency London
39. M. Stead, S. MacAskill, A. MacKintosh, J. Reece, and D. Eadie It's as if you're locked in qualitative explanations for area effects on smoking in disadvantaged communities Health & Place 7 4 2001 333 343
40. P. Townsend, P. Phillimore, and A. Beattie Health and deprivation inequality and the North 1988 Croom Helm London
41. J.Q. Wilson, and G.L. Kelling Broken windows The Atlantic Monthly 249 3 1982 29 38
42. M. Winkleby, D.E. Jatulis, E. Frank, and S.P. Fortmann Socioeconomic status and health how education, income and occupation contribute to risk factors for cardiovascular disease American Journal of Public Health 82 6 1992 816 820