@article{ref1,
title="Explaining educational inequalities in adolescent life satisfaction: Do health behaviour and gender matter?",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2014",
author="Moor, Irene and Lampert, Thomas and Rathmann, Katharina and Kuntz, Benjamin and Kolip, Petra and Spallek, Jacob and Richter, Matthias",
volume="59",
number="2",
pages="309-317",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: There is little evidence on the explanation of health inequalities based on a gender sensitive perspective. The aim was to investigate to what extent health behaviours mediate the association between educational inequalities and life satisfaction of boys and girls.   METHODS: Data were derived from the German part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study 2010 (n = 5,005). Logistic regression models were conducted to investigate educational inequalities in life satisfaction among 11- to 15-year-old students and the relative impact of health behaviour in explaining these inequalities.   RESULTS: Educational inequalities in life satisfaction were more pronounced in boys than in girls from lower educational tracks (OR 2.82, 95 % CI 1.97-4.05 and OR 2.30, 95 % CI 1.68-3.14). For adolescents belonging to the lowest educational track, behavioural factors contributed to 18 % (boys) and 39 % (girls) in the explanation of educational inequalities in life satisfaction.   CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between educational track and life satisfaction is substantially mediated by health-related behaviours. To tackle inequalities in adolescent health, behavioural factors should be targeted at adolescents from lower educational tracks, with special focus on gender differences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-013-0531-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0531-9"
}