S. Van de Velde
Keeping it in the family: the self-rated health of lone mothers in different European welfare regimes
Van de Velde, S.; Bambra, C.; Van der Bracht, K.; Eikemo, T.A.; Bracke, P.
Authors
C. Bambra
K. Van der Bracht
T.A. Eikemo
P. Bracke
Abstract
This study examines whether health inequalities exist between lone and cohabiting mothers across Europe, and how these may differ by welfare regime. Data from the European Social Survey were used to compare self-rated general health, limiting long-standing illness and depressive feelings by means of a multi-level logistic regression. The 27 countries included in the analyses are classified into six welfare regimes (Anglo-Saxon, Bismarckian, Southern, Nordic, Central East Europe (CEE) (new EU) and CEE (non-EU). Lone motherhood is defined as mothers not cohabiting with a partner, regardless of their legal marital status. The results indicate that lone mothers are more at risk of poor health than cohabiting mothers. This is most pronounced in the Anglo-Saxon regime for self-rated general health and limiting long-standing illness, while for depressive feelings it is most pronounced in the Bismarckian welfare regime. While the risk difference is smallest in the CEE regimes, both lone and cohabiting mothers also reported the highest levels of poor health compared with the other regimes. The results also show that a vulnerable socioeconomic position is associated with ill-health in lone mothers and that welfare regimes differ in the degree to which they moderate this association.
Citation
Van de Velde, S., Bambra, C., Van der Bracht, K., Eikemo, T., & Bracke, P. (2014). Keeping it in the family: the self-rated health of lone mothers in different European welfare regimes. Sociology of Health & Illness, 36(8), 1220-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12162
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Nov 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Mar 16, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 1, 2016 |
Journal | Sociology of Health & Illness |
Print ISSN | 0141-9889 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-9566 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 1220-1242 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12162 |
Keywords | Health, Lone mothers, Welfare regimes, Europe, Depression. |
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This is the accepted version of the following article: Van de Velde, S., Bambra, C., Van der Bracht, K., Eikemo, T. A. and Bracke, P. (2014), Keeping it in the family: the self-rated health of lone mothers in different European welfare regimes. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36 (8): 1220–1242, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12162. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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