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Ageing, health inequalities and the welfare state: A multilevel analysis
Umeå University, Sweden.
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Centre for Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Health (from 2013). Umeå University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6867-6205
Umeå University, Sweden.
Umeå University, Sweden.
2018 (English)In: Journal of European Social Policy, ISSN 0958-9287, E-ISSN 1461-7269, Vol. 28, no 4, p. 311-325Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Comparative studies of health inequalities have largely neglected age and ageing aspects, while ageing research has often paid little attention to questions of social inequalities. This article investigates cross-country differences in gradients in self-rated health and limiting long-standing illness (LLSI) in middle-aged and in older people (aged 50-64 and 65-80years) linked to social class, and degrees to which the social health gradients are associated with minimum pension levels and expenditure on elderly care. For these purposes, data from the European Social Survey (2002-2010) are analysed using multilevel regression techniques. We find significant cross-level interaction effects between class and welfare policies: higher expenditure on elderly care and particularly more generous minimum pensions are associated with smaller health inequalities in the older age group (65-80years). It is concluded that welfare policies moderate the association between social class and health, highlighting the importance of welfare state efforts for older persons, who are strongly reliant on the welfare state and welfare state arrangements such as pensions and care policies.

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London: Sage Publications, 2018. Vol. 28, no 4, p. 311-325
Keywords [en]
Health equity, LLSI, social class, social gradient, subjective health
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Sociology
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-69575DOI: 10.1177/0958928717739234ISI: 000445639900001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-69575DiVA, id: diva2:1255167
Available from: 2018-10-11 Created: 2018-10-11 Last updated: 2020-05-27Bibliographically approved

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