Gender equality and smoking among 15 to 25 year olds-a time-based ecological analysis of developments in Germany from 1960 to 2005.

Introduction: Smoking is a major risk factor for premature death and health problems in which there are significant gender differences in the prevalence of smoking. This ecological study examines the correlation between changes in gender equality and prevalence of smoking among young adults (15-25 years old) in Germany over a period of 45 years (1960-2005).

Methods: Gender inequality was measured using the United Nations Gender Inequality Index (GII), which is composed of three dimensions; health, empowerment and labour market.

Intersectionality-Informed Sex/Gender-Sensitivity in Public Health Monitoring and Reporting (PHMR): A Case Study Assessing Stratification on an "Intersectional Gender-Score".

To date, PHMR has often relied on male/female stratification, but rarely considers the complex, intersecting social positions of men and women in describing the prevalence of health and disease. Stratification on an Intersectional Gender-Score (IG-Score), which is based on a variety of social covariables, would allow comparison of the prevalence of individuals who share the same complex intersectional profile (IG-Score). The cross-sectional case study was based on the German Socio-Economic Panel 2017 (n = 23,269 age 18+).

Social Inequalities in the Association between Social Infrastructure and Mental Health: An Observational Cross-Sectional Analysis of Children and Adolescents in Germany.

The mental health (MH) of especially children and adolescents with low socioeconomic status (SES) benefits from access to greenspaces. This study aimed at investigating social inequalities in the association between several types of social infrastructure (SI) and MH in children and adolescents. The sample comprised 12,624 children and adolescents of the KiGGS Wave 2 study (2014-2017).

Classification tree analysis for an intersectionality-informed identification of population groups with non-daily vegetable intake.

Background: Daily vegetable intake is considered an important behavioural health resource associated with improved immune function and lower incidence of non-communicable disease. Analyses of population-based data show that being female and having a high educational status is most strongly associated with increased vegetable intake. In contrast, men and individuals with a low educational status seem to be most affected by non-daily vegetable intake (non-DVI).

CART-analysis embedded in social theory: A case study comparing quantitative data analysis strategies for intersectionality-based public health monitoring within and beyond the binaries.

Implementation of an intersectionality perspective into quantitative health research might support the process of unravelling complex socio-cultural and economic power relations which underly and shape patterns of health and disease within populations. Intersectionality-informed health monitoring and health reporting integrating a sex/gender-sensitive perspective could serve as a fertile ground to strengthen the essential function of health reporting to support political decision-making. We aimed at the integration of social theory into quantitative data analysis by taking into consideration 4 distinct central sex/gender theoretical concepts in health research.

Non-response in a national health survey in Germany: An intersectionality-informed multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy.

Background: Dimensions of social location such as socioeconomic position or sex/gender are often associated with low response rates in epidemiological studies. We applied an intersectionality-informed approach to analyze non-response among population strata defined by combinations of multiple dimensions of social location and subjective health in a health survey in Germany.

Methods: We used data from the cross-sectional sample of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) conducted between 2008 and 2011.

Intersectionality-based quantitative health research and sex/gender sensitivity: a scoping review.

Background: The implementation of a theoretical intersectionality framework into quantitative data analyses is gaining increasing interest in health research. The substantive foundation of intersectionality was established in the U.S.

[AdvanceGender-Joint project for sex/gender-sensitive and intersectional research and health reporting].

Health reporting provides information on the health of the population and thus forms the basis for adequate health promotion, prevention, and care. In order to better represent social diversity, the joint project AdvanceGender (funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research) aims to promote the development of a gender-sensitive and intersectional approach to population-based studies and health reporting. The three subprojects research study participation, data analysis, and health reporting.

Gender inequalities in the association between area deprivation and perceived social support: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis at the municipality level in Germany.

Objectives: To investigate the association between area deprivation at municipality level with low perceived social support, independent of individual socioeconomic position and demographic characteristics. To assess whether there are gender inequalities in this association.

Design: Cross-sectional multilevel analysis of survey data.