title: Social inequalities in psychological well-being: a European comparison.
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.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U1018, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Epidemiology of Occupational and Social Determinants of Health Team, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Bâtiment. 15/16, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schütte
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chastang
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parent-Thirion
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vermeylen
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niedhammer
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors