@article{ref1,
title="Social Inequalities in Psychological Well-Being: A European Comparison",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2014",
author="Schütte, Stefanie and Chastang, Jean-Francois and Parent-Thirion, Agnès and Vermeylen, Greet and Niedhammer, Isabelle",
volume="50",
number="8",
pages="987-990",
abstract="The objective was to explore the educational differences in psychological well-being, measured using the WHO-5 Index, among 15,362 men and 20,272 women in 31 European countries. Relative Index of Inequality, multilevel logistic regression analyses and interaction tests were performed. Within Europe, large cross-national differences in the prevalence of poor well-being were observed. In almost all countries, the prevalence of poor well-being was higher in low educational groups, but the magnitude of these inequalities was much larger in some countries than in others. The highest social differences in well-being were observed in the European Union candidates countries among both genders. Future health promotion programs should consider strategies that target lower educational groups.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-014-9725-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9725-8"
}