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The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium

include children aged 2-17 years. The highest educational level among parents is used as a proxy for SES and is dichotomized into lower (at most a higher secondary degree versus high (higher education ...

Measuring small-area level deprivation in Belgium: The Belgian Index of Multiple Deprivation

has been mostly captured through simple and univariate measures such as low income or poor educational attainment in research on health and social inequalities in Belgium. This paper presents a shift ...

Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018

Keywords: EQ-5D Health inequalities health interview survey Health status health-related quality of life Multi-attribute utility instrument Population norms Visual analogue scale Abstract: Purpose ...

Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study

a public health priority, necessitating careful monitoring that should take into account changes in the population composition. We analyzed the evolution of educational inequalities in life expectancy and ...

Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study

inequality policies. As an upwards shift of the educational level distribution (ELD) can be part of those policies, we examine how such a shift affects the SII, the RII and the population attributable fraction ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Keywords: Decomposition inequality under-five mortality Abstract: Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational ...

Trends in educational inequalities in premature mortality in Belgium between the 1990s and the 2000s: the contribution of specific causes of deaths.

aged 25-64, followed up for 5 years. Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMR) were computed by educational level (EL) and cause. Inequalities were measured through rate differences (RD s), rate ratios (RR ...

Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s

75, Issue 44 (2017) Keywords: Belgium Educational inequalities Health inequalities Premature mortality Abstract: Background In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described ...

Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years.

Second, survey-based HLY must show significant social inequalities since such inequalities have been consistently reported with census-based HLY. RESULTS: Both criteria were met. First, for each educational ...

Educational inequalities in leisure-time physical activity in 15 European countries.

overall prevalence of a low level of LTPA were observed. However, a low level of LTPA was always more common among those of lower educational attainment. The educational inequalities in a low level of LTPA ...

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