Educational differentials in disability vary across and within welfare regimes: A comparison of 26 European countries in 2009

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 331-338

  Cambois, Emmanuelle ^a   Solé Auró, Aïda ^b   Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^c   Egidi, Viviana ^d   Jagger, Carol ^e   Jeune, Bernard ^f   Nusselder, Wilma J ^g   Van Oyen, Herman ^h   White, Chris ⁱ   Robine, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

ⁱ OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; LIVING STANDARD; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84961282503     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205978     Document Type: Article

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