title: Inequalities in women's health in England and Wales:  mortality among married women according to social circumstances, employment characteristics and life-cycle stage.
abstract: "Data obtained from follow-up of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Longitudinal Study 1971 Census sample have been used to look at women's mortality differentials at ages 15-59 in England and Wales....In this paper we focus on married women and use age of youngest child as a measure of life-cycle stage.  We relate this to whether the woman was a housewife, or was in full or part-time paid employment, so as to examine how these affect differences in mortality by social class.  We find that socio-economic mortality differences persist irrespective of life-cycle stage.... Housewives married to men in manual occupations experienced death rates over one and a half times as high as those married to men in non-manual occupations.  For women in employment the differences by husbands' social class are of a lesser magnitude.... Differences in the mortality of those in full and part-time work depend on the woman's own social class and are greater for non-manual than manual classes." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND ITA)
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006262:Health; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Comparative Studies; Currently Married--women; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Employment--women; England; Europe; Family And Household; Family Research; Health; Life Cycle--women; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; Mortality; Northern Europe; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--women; Studies; United Kingdom; Wales; Women's Status