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- The authors propose a new method for creating indices that measure socioeconomic inequality in health, focusing on linear indices rather than rank-dependent indices.
- These new indices take into account the actual levels of both socioeconomic and health variables, allowing for greater flexibility in evaluating inequality.
- To illustrate their approach, the authors analyze data from 16 European countries, examining the relationship between income and well-being using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 4.
Article Abstract
We suggest an alternative way to construct a family of indices of socioeconomic inequality of health. Our indices belong to the broad category of linear indices. In contrast to rank-dependent indices, which are defined in terms of the ranks of the socioeconomic variable and the levels of the health variable, our indices are based on the levels of both the socioeconomic and the health variable. We also indicate how the indices can be modified in order to introduce sensitivity to inequality in the socioeconomic distribution and to inequality in the health distribution. As an empirical illustration, we make a comparative study of the relation between income and well-being in 16 European countries using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 4.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551111 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070673 | DOI Listing |
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