Health-related educational inequalities in paid employment across 26 European countries in 2005-2014: repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study investigates the trends in health-related inequalities in paid employment among men and women in different educational groups in 26 countries in 5 European regions.

Design

Individual-level analysis of repeated cross-sectional annual data (2005-2014) from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions.

Setting

26 European countries in 5 European regions.

Participants

1 844 915 individuals aged 30-59 years were selected with information on work status, chronic illness, educational background, age and gender.

Outcome measures

Absolute differences were expressed by absolute differences in proportion in paid employment between participants with and without a chronic illness, using linear regression. Relative differences were expressed b

SUBMITTER: Schram JLD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549613 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature