Data on over 20,000 women and men aged 20–59 are analysed from the British General
Household Survey for 1991 and 1992, showing the importance of separately analysing …

This paper examines inequalities in ill-health among men and women in Britain and Finland,
using national survey data from the mid-1980s. Age-standardised illness ratios are …

This paper compares the degree and patterning of health inequalities among men and
women in 4 different welfare states: in Britain and in 3 Nordic countries (Finland, Norway …

This paper uses data from the British Health and Lifestyle Survey to explore the relationship
between women's overall assessment of their health and their occupation, employment …

This paper is concerned with the social patterning of ill-health amongst women in Britain. It
uses the various health measures available in the Health and Lifestyle Survey (self …

The British tradition of analyzing differences in health has been dominated by class, with
women belatedly entering this debate. The American tradition has been dominated by role …

Studies indicate that inequalities in women's health are associated with women's marital,
parental and employment status. The causal mechanisms which generate these inequalities …

This paper examines the role of behavioural and psychosocial risk and protective factors in
explaining social inequalities in the general self-assessed health of women. Using path …

While it is established that socioeconomic status and social integration influence the
distribution of health and illness among men and women, little attention has been paid to the …

Objectives: To study prospectively the differences in health inequality in men and women
from 1986-96 using the Office for National Statistics' longitudinal study and new …