期刊名称：Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law
印刷版ISSN：2285-2204
电子版ISSN：2285-3499
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：209-224
语种：English
出版社：Technopress
摘要：Inequalities in health are a major problem worldwide.Most of these inequalities are strongly related to the social stratification of our societies,which makes them unfair.This study aims to investigate the inequalities in self-assessed health in Romania according to personal socio-economic characteristics such as gender,age,employment status,education and income level.Methods: Data were collected from European Quality of Life Survey 2011-2012 database.The survey in Romania used the random route method for selection of households and comprised 1542 participants.The sample was representative and included residents aged 18 or older.The exploration of the data set was performed using the Multiple Correspondence Analysis and comparative analysis.The statistical significance of the differences between the socio-economic subgroups was tested by χ2 test and Somers’ d ordinal directional measure.Results: Significant differences were found between seven occupational categories,the employed individuals clearly declaring a far better health than the unemployed ones (47.8% compared to 22.6%).The higher the education level,the higher the proportions of those who perceive their health as being very good and good: from 3.5% and 7.4% for respondents with primary education or less to 18.8% and 51.9% for respondents with tertiary education.The proportions of those who evaluate their health as very good tend to increase from lowest income quartile (6.8%) to highest income quartile (16.5%).Conclusions: Socio-economic factors play a significant role within the health inequalities in Romania.Health policy is social policy and,consequently,the principle of efficiency should be combined with the principle of equity when designing such policies.
