Seat belt use and social inequality in Belgium
BACKGROUND: To search for and quantify the importance of socio-economic inequality in seat belt use in young Belgians (15-24 years old). METHODS: Using the data of the National Health Survey of Belgium (1997), socio-economic indicators were constructed combining characteristics of the individual and the household to which s/he 'belongs' (equivalent household income, employment, poverty, subjective poverty, and socio-economic insecurity) and the corresponding concentration curves and indices were calculated. RESULTS: Significant differences were found in seat belt use related to young people's... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2004 |
Schlagwörter: | Médecine préventive / Santé publique / Sociologie de la santé / Sociologie des milieux particuliers / Adolescent / Adult / Belgium / Female / Humans / Male / Poverty / Seat Belts / Social Class / Social Justice |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26589067 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/35725 |
BACKGROUND: To search for and quantify the importance of socio-economic inequality in seat belt use in young Belgians (15-24 years old). METHODS: Using the data of the National Health Survey of Belgium (1997), socio-economic indicators were constructed combining characteristics of the individual and the household to which s/he 'belongs' (equivalent household income, employment, poverty, subjective poverty, and socio-economic insecurity) and the corresponding concentration curves and indices were calculated. RESULTS: Significant differences were found in seat belt use related to young people's socio-economic status. The failure to buckle up was concentrated most heavily in the least favoured socio-economic groups. Such inequality was a constant finding, although its magnitude varied according to the socio-economic indicator used, going from -0.142 for the variable 'occupational category of the household' to -0.028 for the variable 'poverty'. CONCLUSIONS: This finding of true socio-economic inequality in the use of seat belts by 15-24 year olds should prompt special vigilance in health promotion approaches aimed at changing behaviour. It also underlines the importance of being attentive to the socio-economic indicators that are chosen to quantify such inequality in intra- and inter-country comparisons. ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; SCOPUS: ar.j ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published