This article examines the relationship between the financial crisis of 2008 and the health of Italians using aggregate and individual health indicators in correlation with the socioeconomic changes which have occurred in the Italian population. First, the study contextualises the changes referring to some important health indicators (life expectancy, death and suicide rates). Then, the main hypothesis on the relation between worsened individual health conditions and socioeconomic deterioration is tested. For this purpose, individual data from 2005 to 2013 stemming from Health Condition and Use of Health Services surveys (Italian National Institute of Statistics) are analysed. The results show that the social categories most severely affected by the crisis, in both employment and economic terms, were basically the same as those that experienced a worsening of their physical and psychological health conditions. These categories of people have a low level of educational attainment, live in southern and insular regions and are most often men.
The health of Italians before and after the economic crisis of 2008 / S. Sarti, A. Vitalini. - In: HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. - ISSN 0966-0410. - (2020 Aug 05). [Epub ahead of print]
Titolo: | The health of Italians before and after the economic crisis of 2008 | |
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Parole Chiave: | economic crisis; health indicators; health inequalities; Italy; suicide | |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale Settore SPS/09 - Sociologia dei Processi economici e del Lavoro | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 5-ago-2020 | |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13116 | |
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