Health inequality

How do people in Germany rate their general state of health? If you look at data from the study “Living in Germany” from the last 20 years, you come to the following conclusion: people with lower incomes are more likely to report having less good or poor health. Researchers see this as a sign of growing health inequality: socially disadvantaged people have less chance of achieving and maintaining good health. They are also more likely to suffer from illnesses or die prematurely.

Further information

Jens Hoebel, Fabian Tetzlaff, Niels Michalski & Stephan Müters: Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit.
In: Sozialbericht 2024. Ein Datenreport für Deutschland. Hrsg. von: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), 2024. S. 314-319.

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