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Self-reported health and socio-economic inequalities in England, 1996–2009: Repeated national cross-sectional study

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  • Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy
  • Kupek, Emil
  • Petrou, Stavros

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Tackling social inequalities in health has been a priority for recent UK governments. We used repeated national cross-sectional data for 155,311 participants (aged ≥16 years) in the Health Survey of England to examine trends in socio-economic inequalities in self-reported health over a recent period of sustained policy focus by successive UK governments aimed at tackling social inequalities in health. Socio-economic related inequalities in self-reported health were estimated using the Registrar General's occupational classification (1996–2009), and for sensitivity analyses, the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC; 2001–2011). Multi-level regression was used to evaluate time trends in General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) scores and bad or very bad self-assessed health (SAH), as well as EQ-5D utility scores.

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  • Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy & Kupek, Emil & Petrou, Stavros, 2015. "Self-reported health and socio-economic inequalities in England, 1996–2009: Repeated national cross-sectional study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 136, pages 135-146.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:136-137:y:2015:i::p:135-146
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.026
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