Did the English strategy reduce inequalities in health? A difference-in-difference analysis comparing England with three other European countries

Table 1 Countries included in the analysis and sources of data

Country	Survey year	Survey names
England	1991–1992; 2000; 2010	Health Survey for England
Finland	1989; 1999; 2009	Health Behaviour and Health
The Netherlands	1990	Ongoing Survey of Living Conditions (DLO)
The Netherlands	2000; 2009	Permanent Survey of Living Conditions (POLS)
Italy	1990	Multipurpose Family Survey
	2000	Health and Health Care Utilization
	2010	Multipurpose Family Survey-Aspects of daily living

The Finnish data used in this study are the data combined from the two Finish studies: “Health behaviour and health among Finnish adult population (AVTK)”, which includes respondents who are 15–64 years old, and “Health behaviour and health among the Finnish elderly (EVTK)”, which includes respondents who are older than 64 years

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