Health inequalities between lone and couple mothers and policy under different welfare regimes - The example of Italy, Sweden and Britain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-920

  Burstrom, Bo ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^b   Clayton, Stephen ^b   Fritzell, Sara ^a   Vannoni, Francesca ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Britain; Health inequalities; Italy; Lone mothers; Policy regimes; Sweden; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; POLICY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ITALY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950355313     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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