TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Social Inequalities in Psychological Well-Being: A European Comparison
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Schütte, Stefanie
A1  - Chastang, Jean-Francois
A1  - Parent-Thirion, Agnès
A1  - Vermeylen, Greet
A1  - Niedhammer, Isabelle
SP  - 987
EP  - 990
VL  - 50
IS  - 8
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9725-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -