Intersectional sleep disparities: association between multiple social intersections, perceived neighborhood deprivation, and sleep disturbance in Europe.

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of sleep disturbance, related with social status and privilege, is unevenly distributed within societies. Individual social determinants that are embedded within broader neighborhood contexts intersect and jointly shape sleep disparities. This study incorporates a quantitative intersectional framework to better understand the structural inequalities in sleep disturbance for older adults, focusing on the social-ecological model of sleep and how individual and social context factors interact. Our sample consisted of 17 035 individuals aged 50+ from waves 4 and 5 of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We created 72 unique intersectional strata by interacting individual axes of social inequality (sex/gender, family caregiving, education, occupation) wit

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Perez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12529291 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature