The First Pan-European Sociological Health Inequalities Survey of the General Population

The European Social Survey Rotating Module on the Social Determinants of Health

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7772166
AutoresTerje A Eikemo (0000-0001-6809-7011, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia), Clare Bambra (0000-0002-1294-6851, Durham University), Tim Huijts (0000-0002-2085-4113, Queen Mary University of London), Rory Fitzgerald (0000-0002-2126-5564, City, University of London)
Año2016
Páginasjcw019
Fecha de publicación2016-05-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/esr/jcw019
OpenAlexW2394634605
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas41

The European Social Survey (ESS) is a biennial, academically driven, cross-sectional, pan-European social survey that charts and explains the interactions between Europe’s changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations. As part of the seventh round of the ESS, we successfully developed a rotating module that provides a comprehensive and comparative pan-European data set on the social determinants of health and health inequalities. In this article, we present the rationale for the module, the health outcomes, and social determinants that were included, and some of the opportunities that the module provide for advancing research into explaining the distribution and aetiology of social inequalities in health in Europe. Thus far, no health survey has had sufficient data on the stratification system of societies, including rich data on living conditions, and there is no sociological survey with sufficient variety of lifestyle factors and health outcomes. By including unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, childhood conditions, housing conditions, working conditions, and variables describing access to healthcare, together with an extensive set of mental and physical health outcomes, the ESS has strengthened its position tremendously as a data source for sociologists wanting to perform European cross-national analyses of health inequalities.

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · European Social Survey · Health care · Health equity · Inequality · Political science · Social determinants of health · Social inequality · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Survey data collection · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes