Table 3 Descriptives of the Ferrera group

Data used

  - ESS

6 (Bambra et al.*, Bambra & Eikemo*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al., Huijts)

  - OECD, WHO, UN

3 (Richter*, Chuang et al., Karim et al.)

  - SHARE

1 (Dragano)

  - Human mortality database

1 (Popham*)

  - EUROTHINE

1 (Bambra et al.*)

  - Longitudinal data

1 (Dragano)

  - EU-SILC

1 (Van der Wel*)

Health outcome

  - Self-rated health

8 (Bambra et al.*, Bambra et al.*, Bambra & Eikemo*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al., Richter*, Huijts)

  - Longstanding limiting illness

5 (Bambra et al.*, Bambra & Eikemo*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al.*, van der Wel*)

  - Infant mortality

3 (Chuang et al., Karim et al., Popham*)

  - Life expectancy

3 (Chuang et al., Karim et al., Popham*)

  - Depressive symptoms/depression

1 (Dragano)

  - Psychosocial quality of work

1 (Dragano)

  - Health complaints

1 (Richter*)

Health outcome

  - Morbidity

16

  - Mortality

6

Measures inequality (total)

8 (Bambra et al.*, Bambra et al.*, Bambra & Eikemo*, Eikemo et al.*, Eikemo et al.*, Richter*, van der Wel*, Popham*)

  - Education

4 (Van der Wel*, Eikemo*, Bambra et al.*, Bambra et al.*)

  - SEP (social class)

1 (Richter*)

  - Income

1 (Eikemo*)

  - Employment status

1 (Bambra & Eikemo*)

  - Popham measure (total inequality)

1 (Popham*)