Relative health effects of education, socioeconomic status and domestic gender inequity in Sweden: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited existing research on gender inequities suggests that for men workplace atmosphere shapes wellbeing while women are less susceptible to socioeconomic or work status but vulnerable to home inequities.

Methods

Using the 2007 Northern Swedish Cohort (n = 773) we identified relative contributions of perceived gender inequities in relationships, financial strain, and education to self-reported health to determine whether controlling for sex, examining interactions between sex and other social variables, or sex-disaggregating data yielded most information about sex differences.

Results and discussion

Men had lower education but also less financial strain, and experienced less gender inequity. Overall, low education and financial strain detracted from hea

SUBMITTER: Phillips SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3126845 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature