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Table 2 Descriptives of the Esping-Andersen group

From: Understanding the role of welfare state characteristics for health and inequalities – an analytical review

Descriptive measure

N (author)

Data used

 

  - OECD, WHO, UN

3 (Bambra, Kangas Zambon*)

  - Longitudinal data

3 (Harding*, Sekine*, Sacker*)

  - ESS

1 (Rostila)

  - Human mortality database

1 (Kangas)

  - World values survey

1 (Deeming & Hayes)

Health outcome

 

  - Self-rated health

3 (Sacker*, Zambon*, Rostila)

  - Life expectancy

3 (Kangas, Raphael, Rostila)

  - Infant mortality

2 (Bambra, Raphael)

  - Mortality

1 (Harding*)

  - Change in life expectancy at birth

1 (Kangas)

  - Health symptom load

1 (Zambon*)

  - General wellbeing

1 (Zambon*)

  - Health behaviours

1 (Zambon*)

  - Self-reported happiness

1 (Deeming & Hayes)

  - The Short-Form 36:

 

     Physical health

1 (Sekine*)

     Mental health.

1 (Sekine*)

Health outcome

 

  - Morbidity

9

  - Mortality

7

Measures inequality (total)

4 (Harding*, Sekine*, Sacker*, Zambon*)

  - SEP (social class/SES)

3 (Sekine*, Sacker*, Zambon*)

  - Employment status

1 (Harding*)

  1. Many articles examined multiple outcomes and hence the number of studies using the different health outcomes (16) is greater than the number of studies (n = 9).
  2. Mortality measures include: life expectancy, infant mortality, mortality rate, change in life expectancy at birth.
  3. Morbidity measures include: self-rated health, self-reported happiness, health symptom load, general well-being, health behaviours, physical and mental health functioning.
  4. * = Studies with an inequalities perspective.