Refine
Year of publication
Document Type
- Article (34)
- Editorship book (12)
- Part of a Book (9)
- Book (5)
Is part of the Bibliography
- yes (60) (remove)
Keywords
- Jugend (4)
- Soziologie (4)
- Adolescent (3)
- Federal Republic of Germany (3)
- HBSC (3)
- Rente (3)
- Youth research (3)
- Adolescence (2)
- Bildungsungleichheit (2)
- Education (2)
Kindheit heute
(2017)
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Relevanz makro-struktureller Merkmale für die Gesundheit und sozioökonomische Ungleichheit in der Gesundheit von Jugendlichen in hochentwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaaten. Datenbasis ist die internationale "Health Behaviour in School-aged Child-ren (HBSC)"-Studie 2005/06. Sie umfasst 11- bis 15-jährige Jugendliche in 27 europäischen und nordamerikanischen Länder (n=134.632), die in fünf Wohlfahrtsstaatsregimes (sozialde-mokratisch, konservativ, liberal, süd- und osteuropäisch) zusammengefasst wurden. In hierar-chischen Regressionsmodellen wurden für die psychosomatische Beschwerdelast als gesund-heitliche Zielgrößee individuelle (familiärer Wohlstand) und makro-strukturelle Determinanten (Einkommensungleichheit, Ausgaben für das Gesundheitssystem, Regime-Dummies) unter Kontrolle des nationalen Wohlstands analysiert. Im liberalen Regime und damit in Ländern mit hoher Einkommensungleichheit fallen die Beschwerderate und sozioökonomische Un-gleichheiten in der Beschwerdelast am höchsten aus. Der gesellschaftliche Wohlstand und die Ausgaben für das Gesundheitssystem sind dagegen nicht mit den Beschwerden assoziiert
This paper reviews life course approaches applied in epidemiology, sociology and psychology and proposes a theoretical framework that integrates the concept of socialisation. We argue that the paradigmatic principles of interdisciplinary life course research (human agency, timing in lives, linked lives and historical context) provide a strong basis for a more holistic and theory-driven view of the life course and its interdependent pathways. The ´agency within structure´ paradigm on which these principles are based is an essential part of socialisation theory. We emphasize that socialisation theory has the potential to act as a theoretical link between social science and epidemiology, because it offers a multi-causal framework to illuminate the association between social structure and health across the life course. In order to better understand the development of health and health inequalities in a life course perspective, an interdisciplinary approach is required. The increased attention to socialisation principles might open new dialogue and empirical research perspectives for health sociology and epidemiology. Keywords: ageing, health, life course, social inequalities, socialisation theory
Objectives
Little is known about the impact of recessions on young people’s socioeconomic inequalities in health. This study investigates the impact of the economic recession in terms of youth unemployment on socioeconomic inequalities in psychological health complaints among adolescents across Europe and North America.
Methods
Data from the WHO collaborative ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ (HBSC) study were collected in 2005/06 (N = 160,830) and 2009/10 (N = 166,590) in 31 European and North American countries. Logistic multilevel models were used to assess the contribution of youth unemployment in 2009/10 (enduring recession) and the change in youth unemployment (2005–2010) to adolescent psychological health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in complaints in 2009/10.
Results
Youth unemployment during the recession is positively related to psychological health complaints, but not to inequalities in complaints. Changes in youth unemployment (2005–2010) were not associated with adolescents’ psychological health complaints, whereas greater inequalities in complaints were found in countries with greater increases in youth unemployment.
Conclusions
This study highlights the need to tackle the impact of increasing unemployment on adolescent health and health inequalities during economic recessions.