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Do working conditions contribute differently to gender gaps in self-rated health within different occupational classes? Evidence from the Swedish Level of Living Survey
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1947-3433
Number of Authors: 12021 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 16, no 6, article id e0253119Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Socioeconomic inequality in health among women is often referred to as smaller than health inequality among men. However, we know less about differences in health between men and women within the same socioeconomic groups. In this article the lack of attention to potential socioeconomic variation in gender health inequality is argued as unfortunate, as it can obscure how mechanisms, such as e.g. working conditions, affect gendered health within specific groups. Drawing on the nationally representative Swedish Level of Living survey (LNU), class/gender interactions as well as class-separate linear probability models are estimated to explore relationships between working conditions and health among men and women with the same occupational class positions. Results show that, although class is not a large explanatory factor for general gender differences in health, there are varying within-class differences between men and women in working conditions, that can contribute to the understanding of within-class gender differences in health. This highlights that, when targeting causes of gender health inequality, it is important to consider not only what class means for women as well as for men, but also what gender means within specific classes.

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2021. Vol. 16, no 6, article id e0253119
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Class, Gender, Health inequality, Occupations, Physically demanding work, Psychosocially demanding work, Working conditions
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-194718DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253119ISI: 000665475100027OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-194718DiVA, id: diva2:1575732
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2017-01242Available from: 2021-06-30 Created: 2021-06-30 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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