The measurement of health disparities is a key component for the assessment of health systems. One aspect of these … disparities - which hitherto has received limited attention - is the risk people face about their future health. This paper … integrates risk into the standard inequality measurement which measures the extent to which disparities in realized health are …

This study addresses the issue of psychosocial determinants of health, i.e. non material resources such as social … capital, social support, and sense of control or self-esteem. We firstly analyse their impact on health status in addition to … psychosocial factors can partly explain social inequalities in health in France. Whereas the impact of psychosocial resources on …

This study explores global inequality in health status and decomposes it into within- and between-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height as our health indicator since it avoids the measurement pitfalls of more traditional … measures of health such as morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy. It also avoids measurement problems associated with using …

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist …

This paper extends the earlier work of Davillas and Jones (2021) on socioeconomic inequality in mental health, measured … by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021. …

We present a comprehensive analysis of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health among Chinese adults aged 60 … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) linked with the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey. We use a range of … for between 3.75% and 29.57% of total health inequality in old age across the range of biomarkers. Shapley …

investigation. I use data from the third round of India's National Fertility and Health survey to explore these issues. The most …

psychological distress, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and the Interim 2019 Wave) and during … their peak level in April and chronic health conditions, housing conditions, and neighbourhood characteristics increased …

We present a comprehensive analysis of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health among Chinese adults aged 60 … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) linked with the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey. We use a range of … for between 3.75% and 29.57% of total health inequality in old age across the range of biomarkers. Shapley …