| Author/Editor | Artnik, Barbara; Premik, Marjan | |
| Title | Health inequality in Slovenia | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Med Arh | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 55, št. 1 | |
| Publication year | 2001 | |
| Volume | str. 37-9 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | The aim of this study was to correlate some socio-economic factors (gender, income, education, social position) with some health indicators (life expectancy, death rate by selected causes of death, self-evaluation of one's own health, absence from work due to illness or injuries) with a purpose to define the inequity in health across Slovenian municipalities. In our study two sources of data for the population of Slovenia in 1996 were used from the Statistical Office of tbe Republic of Slovenia (aggregated data across Slovenian municapalities) and Public Opinion Research (individual data). Statistical analysis was performed by correlation and factor analysis. The correlation coefficient between education and life expectancy is 0.712. The correlation between income base and life expectancy is also significant (0.707). In the eastern part of the country (mostly rural population) women in average live 2years and men 3years less than their counterparts in the western part of the country. Five causes of death across Slovenian municipalities are significantly related to tbe population's education and incomes, of whicb only death due lo neoplasm is positively correlated to income while all other causes are negatively correlated not only with income but also with education. Health (self-evaluation) is closely related to an individual's education and social position. The factor analysis of pressures at work showed groups of two factors as being tbe most significant: pressures related to leadership positions (positive correlation witb health), and physical labour or work in inferior positions (negative correlation with health). We can conclude that the results of our study showed tbe crucial effect of investigated socio-economic factors on people's health across Slovenian municipalities. During the present socio-economic transition period we are trying to establish new sources of data and looking for possibilities to connect and refine them for further investigation. | |
| Descriptors | HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIAL JUSTICE LONGEVITY CAUSE OF DEATH ABSENTEEISM WOUNDS AND INJURIES SLOVENIA |