More needs to be known about the origins of health inequalities and their measurement. This paper contributes by … for excessive food intake), alcohol intake and smoking might explain the persistence of health inequalities. We … alcohol use, drawing from unique health survey data. Furthermore, we carry out a sensitivity analysis of the influence of …

The persistence of inequalities in health is a major policy concern in England, which was addressed by the new Labour … government in 1997 through prioritising the curtailment of health inequalities as a policy goal. However, whether specific … related questions: first, it empirically examines the dynamic patterns of inequalities in health in England from 1997 to 2007 …