Citation

Schütte S, Chastang JF, Parent-Thirion A, Vermeylen G, Niedhammer I. Community Ment. Health J. 2014; 50(8): 987-990.

Affiliation

INSERM, U1018, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Epidemiology of Occupational and Social Determinants of Health Team, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Bâtiment. 15/16, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807, Villejuif, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-014-9725-8

PMID

24664367

Abstract

The objective was to explore the educational differences in psychological well-being, measured using the WHO-5 Index, among 15,362 men and 20,272 women in 31 European countries. Relative Index of Inequality, multilevel logistic regression analyses and interaction tests were performed. Within Europe, large cross-national differences in the prevalence of poor well-being were observed. In almost all countries, the prevalence of poor well-being was higher in low educational groups, but the magnitude of these inequalities was much larger in some countries than in others. The highest social differences in well-being were observed in the European Union candidates countries among both genders. Future health promotion programs should consider strategies that target lower educational groups.

Language: en