TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Ottova, Veronika A1 - de Looze, Margarethe A1 - Levin, Kate A1 - Molcho, Michael A1 - Elgar, Frank A1 - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse A1 - van Dijk, Jitse P. A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Macro-level determinants of young people’s subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states JF - Maturitas N2 - Objectives Cross-national studies have rarely focused on young people. The aim of this study is to investigate whether macro-level determinants are associated with health and socioeconomic inequalities in young people's health. Study design Data were collected from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2006, which included 11- to 15-year old adolescents from 27 European and North American countries (n = 134,632). This study includes national income, health expenditure, income inequality, and welfare regime dummy-variables as macro-level determinants, using hierarchical regression modelling. Main outcome measure Psychosomatic health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in psychosomatic health complaints. Results Adolescents in countries with higher income inequality and with liberal welfare tradition were associated with more health complaints and a stronger relationship between socioeconomic status and macro-level determinants compared to adolescents from countries with lower income inequality or the Social Democratic regime. National income and health expenditure were not related to health complaints. Countries with higher national income, public health expenditure and income inequality showed stronger associations between socioeconomic status and psychosomatic health complaints. Conclusion Results showed that macro-level characteristics are relevant determinants of health and health inequalities in adolescence. KW - Macro-level determinants KW - Adolescents KW - Subjective health KW - Health inequality KW - HBSC Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008 SN - 0378-5122 VL - 80 IS - 4 SP - 414 EP - 420 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER -