Sozioökonomischer Status und Gesundheit

Autor: Stephan Müters, E von der Lippe, Lars Eric Kroll, Thomas Lampert, Heribert Stolzenberg
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 56:814-821
ISSN: 1437-1588
1436-9990
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-013-1695-4
Popis: The analysis focuses on the connection between socioeconomic status (SES) and five health outcomes in the 18 to 79-year-old population of Germany. It uses data from the "German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults" (DEGS1) which the Robert Koch Institute conducted in the period from 2008 to 2011 (n=8152). Socioeconomic status is recorded via a multidimensional index which includes information on education attainment, occupational status and household income. The results show that persons with a low socioeconomic status have a self-rated health status which is worse than that of persons with a medium or high socioeconomic status, and that they have diabetes more frequently. They also have a higher risk of depressive symptoms, obesity and physical inactivity. The results illustrate that health chances and the risk of illness are still very socially uneven distributed, thus emphasising the significance of political interventions to reduce health inequalities. An English full-text version of this article is available at SpringerLink as supplemental.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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