title: Income related inequalities in mental health in Great Britain: analysing the causes of health inequality over time.
abstract: Using regression techniques this paper estimates the level of income related health inequality in GB in 1992 and 1998. Inequality is decomposed to investigate which socio-demographic factors are important contributors to health differences. The paper includes a range of measured and subjective income variables to control for absolute income. A relative deprivation measure is included to test the impact of income inequality on health inequality. It is found that subjective financial status is a major determinant of ill-health and makes a major contribution to income related inequalities in health. Relative deprivation is an important contributor for women but not for men.
authors.affiliation: Economics, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. j.r.wildman@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wildman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology