Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Rebecca Lynn Radlick, Tormod BØe, Mari Hysing, Annette M La Greca, Sondre Aasen Nilsen
{"title":"Parental unemployment and educational outcomes in late adolescence: the importance of family cohesion, parental education, and family income in a Norwegian study.","authors":"Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Rebecca Lynn Radlick, Tormod BØe, Mari Hysing, Annette M La Greca, Sondre Aasen Nilsen","doi":"10.1177/14034948241228163","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14034948241228163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The study aimed to investigate the association between parental unemployment and grade point average and school completion in adolescence, and the importance of family cohesion, parental education, and family income in explaining these associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data stem from the Norwegian cross-sectional 2012 youth@hordaland-survey including 8437 adolescents (53.4% girls). Information on grade point average, school completion, parental education, and family income were retrieved from the National Education Database. Parental work status and family cohesion were assessed by adolescent self-report.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents with at least one unemployed parent had lower grade point averages (3.49 compared with 3.92, <i>P</i><0.001) and rates of school completion (71.9% compared with 86.6%, <i>P</i><0.001) compared with adolescents with two working parents. The associations between parental unemployment and both grade point average (b = -0.22, 95% confidence interval -0.32, -0.12) and school completion (odds ratio 0.59, 95% confidence interval 0.46, 0.76) partly attenuated but remained significant when taking family cohesion, parental education, and family income into account. There was a significant interaction between parental unemployment and family cohesion on grade point average, in which the positive association between family cohesion and grade point average was weaker for adolescents with unemployed parents.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Adolescents with parents outside of the workforce are at higher risk of poorer educational outcomes than peers with working parents. Combined with the positive associations between parental education, family cohesion, family income, and educational outcomes, this underscores the importance of parents for adolescent educational outcomes, and suggests that parents and the family situation should be considered when providing academic support for adolescents who struggle in upper secondary school.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"52-61"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11742708/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139913947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between smoking and mental health in educational settings with high smoking rates: a cohort study among Danish youth.","authors":"Simone G Kjeld, Teresa Homberg, Susan Andersen","doi":"10.1177/14034948241227305","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14034948241227305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Smoking and poor mental health in youth represent important public health priorities. This study aimed to (i) compare tobacco-related behaviors and mental health in two educational settings with high smoking rates: vocational education and training (VET) schools and preparatory basic education (PBE) schools, and (ii) examine associations between smoking at school start and mental health 5 months later.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were obtained from baseline (<i>N</i> = 1843) and follow-up (<i>N</i> = 1039) assessments conducted as part of a school-based trial in two rounds (baseline in August 2018 and August 2019). Students' characteristics were presented by adjusted prevalences. Logistic regression analyses assessed associations between smoking and measures of mental health: school-related well-being, overall loneliness, and stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More PBE students than VET students reported daily smoking (40% vs. 27%), nicotine dependence, perceived benefits of smoking (e.g., stress reduction: 41% vs. 33%), low smoking-related self-efficacy (e.g., ability to resist smoking if offered by a friend: 20% vs. 32%), school-related loneliness, and low school connectedness (25% vs. 11%). Daily smokers at VET and PBE schools had lower odds of school-related loneliness (AOR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.35-0.74) and higher odds of stress (AOR = 2.75, 95% CI: 2.00-3.80). Smoking was associated with better classmate relations in VET schools but not in PBE schools.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Our study suggested that students in PBE schools constitute a more vulnerable group in terms of smoking and mental health compared with students in VET schools. Smoking seemed to prevent loneliness in school but was associated with heightened stress levels.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"41-51"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139718006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Freja E Nilou, Nanna B Christoffersen, Pia V Pedersen, Ola Ekholm, Nanna G Ahlmark
{"title":"The Danish Health Survey among Marginalized People: Study design and respondent characteristics.","authors":"Freja E Nilou, Nanna B Christoffersen, Pia V Pedersen, Ola Ekholm, Nanna G Ahlmark","doi":"10.1177/14034948231224239","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14034948231224239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The Danish Health Survey among Marginalized People is a nationwide health survey targeting people in marginalized life situations in Denmark. The aim of this paper is to present the study design, data collection methods and respondent characteristics of the survey, which was conducted in 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The survey applies an outreach data collection approach which entails reaching out to social services (public and private) asking for their help with distributing self-administered paper questionnaires among their users. Themes include self-rated health, mental health, morbidity, pain, oral health, health behaviours, gambling problems, social relations, violence, sexual harassment and assault, suicide, and source of income.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall number of respondents has decreased slightly from 2007 (1290) to 2022 (1134). In all survey waves, men were overrepresented among the respondents. In 2007, women represented only 28%, which increased to 37% in 2022. There have been remarkable changes in the age distribution among respondents between 2007 and 2022. For example, the oldest age group (55-80 years) accounted for 15% of the respondents in 2007 and 40% in 2022.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Conducting surveys among marginalized people entails methodological challenges and ethical considerations. However, continually attempting to reach marginalized people in surveys by tailoring data collection strategies to their specific life situation is essential to gain insight into their health and well-being.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"107-113"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sjur S Sætren, Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad, Tore Tjora, Gertrud S Hafstad, Else-Marie Augusti
{"title":"Validation of the short version of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for adolescents in Norway.","authors":"Sjur S Sætren, Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad, Tore Tjora, Gertrud S Hafstad, Else-Marie Augusti","doi":"10.1177/14034948231225616","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14034948231225616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) is among the most popular and widely used measures of emotion regulation across age groups. This study aimed to validate the CERQ short version (CERQ-short) for use on adolescents in the Norwegian population.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A sample of 3461 adolescents (47.3% girls) aged 12-16 years was recruited through the UEVO population-based study of child maltreatment in Norway. Factor structure, reliability, measurement invariance and criterion validity were investigated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Confirmatory factor analysis supported the original nine-factor model including 18 items; however, not a two-factor structure nor a higher order two-factor solution. Internal consistency was adequate for all subscales, with alpha levels ranging from .73 to .84 between subscales across genders. Relationships with internalizing problems measured with the 10-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist and health-related quality of life according to KIDSCREEN-10 supported the criterion-related validity of the Norwegian CERQ-short.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong><b>Results suggest that the CERQ-short can be used to measure cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the Norwegian adolescent population. The validation of the CERQ-short in Norway could significantly improve mental health care by facilitating better diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluation, as well as informing public health policy and cross-cultural research</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"32-40"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11742705/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139673419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krista J Kauppi, Eira T Roos, Patrik T Borg, Katarina S Cantell, Paulus M Torkki
{"title":"What is wellness? Investigating the importance of different domains of wellness among laypeople and experts: A survey study.","authors":"Krista J Kauppi, Eira T Roos, Patrik T Borg, Katarina S Cantell, Paulus M Torkki","doi":"10.1177/14034948231217360","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14034948231217360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Lack of consensus on wellness has led to a vast number of different conceptualisations, which hinder international efforts to monitor individual-level wellness and social progress comparably. This study aimed to aid in the harmonisation of the concept by contributing to the scarce research on laypeople's views on wellness. The study investigates whether the importance of different areas of wellness varies depending on age, gender, education or socio-economic position. Furthermore, considering that wellness models are often constructed by expert panels, this study aimed to shed light on how experts' and laypeople's views on wellness vary.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Altogether, 1152 laypeople and 23 Finnish experts rated the importance of 61 systematic review-based wellness domains. Each domain received an ordinal number, which, together with the Mann-Whitney <i>U</i>-test or Kruskal-Wallis test, was used to examine the differences between the groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirteen wellness domains were found at the top of the lists, regardless of whether the results were analysed based on gender, age, education or socio-economic position. When looking at the priority order of different domains, we were able to identify several differences between the expert panel and laypeople.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>To ensure the relevance of wellness models, it is vital to understand the areas that laypeople consider to be important for their comprehensive wellness. This study offers 13 domains that could be combined with an expert view on wellness and used as a starting point for creating a more comprehensive, inclusive and better-suited wellness instrument.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11742701/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139465535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camilla Klinge Renneberg, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, Martin Bernstorff, Dorte Rytter, Stefan Nygaard Hansen, Bodil Hammer Bech
{"title":"Self-rated health in preadolescent children as a predictor for hospital contacts and redeemed prescriptions: the Danish National Birth Cohort 1996-2002.","authors":"Camilla Klinge Renneberg, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, Martin Bernstorff, Dorte Rytter, Stefan Nygaard Hansen, Bodil Hammer Bech","doi":"10.1177/14034948251313590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948251313590","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The decline in self-rated health among young people raises concerns for future health outcomes. We examined whether self-rated health in preadolescence predicts hospital contacts and prescription redemption in later adolescence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This longitudinal study uses the Danish National Birth Cohort on children born 1996-2002. A questionnaire was distributed to 96,382 11-year-old preadolescents followed from 2010 to 2018. Number of hospital contacts and prescriptions were obtained from Danish registers. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were estimated, comparing preadolescents with poor ('Not So Good'/'Poor') and 'Good' self-rated health to those with 'Excellent' self-rated health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 47,365 (49.1%) 11-year-old participants, 5.3% reported poor self-rated health and 38.3% reported good health. Analyses revealed that children with good self-rated health had higher rates of somatic (IRR, 1.17 [1.14-1.21]) and psychiatric (IRR, 1.63 [1.47-1.81]) hospital contacts. Children with poor self-rated health showed even higher rates, with IRRs of 1.73 [1.62-1.85] for somatic and 3.54 [3.03-4.15] for psychiatric contacts. Additionally, those with good self-rated health had more somatic and psychiatric prescriptions (IRR, 1.25 [1.21-1.30] and 1.75 [1.55-1.97], respectively), whereas children with poor self-rated health had IRRs of 1.67 [1.56-1.80] for somatic and 4.03 [3.39-4.82] for psychiatric prescriptions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Preadolescents with both good and poor self-rated health show higher rates of hospital contacts and prescription redemption in adolescence, especially pronounced in children with poor self-rated health. This indicates that early-life health perceptions impact long-term wellbeing, particularly psychiatric health. This simple self-rated health measure provides valuable insights for healthcare professionals by aiding in identifying children in need of support and early intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"14034948251313590"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Åkerman, Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård, Fredrik Snellman, Birgitta Olofsson
{"title":"Risk factors for loneliness among older informal caregivers in regions of Finland and Sweden: a longitudinal study.","authors":"Sarah Åkerman, Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård, Fredrik Snellman, Birgitta Olofsson","doi":"10.1177/14034948241308029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241308029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>This longitudinal study investigated the prevalence of and risk factors for loneliness among older new informal caregivers, long-term informal caregivers, former informal caregivers and non-caregivers in selected regions of Finland and Sweden over 5 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A longitudinal sample of 5083 respondents from the Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA) survey data in 2016 and 2021 was used. Bivariate correlation tests and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Loneliness prevalence rates varied between 6% and 8% in 2016 and increased in all groups, although not significantly among new informal caregivers. In 2021, the prevalence of loneliness varied between 8% and 14%. Among the baseline variables, reporting loneliness, single/unmarried/bereaved civil status, infrequent contact with friends and neighbours, poor self-rated health, depressive symptoms, living in Finland and financial strain increased the likelihood of reporting loneliness in 2021. Among the change variables, being a long-term caregiver, a negative change in civil status, a reduced number of confidants, a negative change in self-rated health and depressive symptoms increased the likelihood of reporting loneliness.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Loneliness increased among all four groups of comparison. Being a long-term caregiver was a significant risk factor for reporting loneliness over time (odds ratio 2.00, 95% confidence interval 1.20-3.35), when controlling for several other social and health-related variables. To develop effective support, future research could address risk factors for loneliness among distinct groups of informal caregivers based on whether the care recipients have neurological or functional health limitations and examine the availability of support measures.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"14034948241308029"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tóra Petersen, Heri Joensen, Heri Á Rógvi, Magni Mohr, Anna SofÍa Veyhe
{"title":"Exposure to physical, sexual and emotional violence and health-related factors among the adult population in the Faroe Islands.","authors":"Tóra Petersen, Heri Joensen, Heri Á Rógvi, Magni Mohr, Anna SofÍa Veyhe","doi":"10.1177/14034948241307269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241307269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The Faroe Islands is a small homogenous archipelago located in the North Atlantic Ocean with no prior study of violence among adults. In an adult population-based sample, we studied physical, sexual and emotional violence and health and socio-economic determinants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A population-based cross-sectional survey conducted between November 2020 and February 2021 was based on a newly initiated questionnaire that included 1068 randomly selected individuals aged 18-75.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 34.8% reported exposure to physical violence, 21.8% to sexual violence and 22.3% to emotional violence. A total of 12.6% of the women and 7.6% of the men reported exposure to all three types of violence. The consequences of childhood violence had a more significant effect on the subjects compared to adult-life violence. Additionally, individuals exposed to violence had significantly lower odds of achieving any educational attainment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Compared to men and after adjustments, women had 50% lower odds of exposure to physical (odds ratio=0.5, <i>p</i><0.001) and more than three times the odds of exposure to sexual violence (odds ratio=3.1, <i>p</i><0.001). The odds of emotional violence were sex independent, both unadjusted and adjusted. Moreover, exposure to violence showed a life-long negative impact.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"14034948241307269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Gottvall, Rummage Isaac, Osszián Péter-Szabó, Ronah Ainembabazi, Tommy Carlsson
{"title":"Voices from the margins: A qualitative study exploring components influencing psychosocial health and wellbeing among gender minority forced migrants.","authors":"Maria Gottvall, Rummage Isaac, Osszián Péter-Szabó, Ronah Ainembabazi, Tommy Carlsson","doi":"10.1177/14034948241301874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241301874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To explore the components that influence health and wellbeing of gender minority forced migrants residing in Sweden.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative exploratory study based on semi-structured interviews with gender minority forced migrants recruited through a combination of convenience, purposeful and snowball sampling. Guided by the levels in the social ecological model, transcripts were analysed with systematic text condensation in a collaborative process between experts by lived experience, researchers and clinical psychologist.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants expressed resilience and hope about their future. Loneliness was a major issue contributing to health burdens and peer support was highly appreciated. Barriers hindering access to health services and judgemental behaviours among health professionals were described. Affirming support through empathy, trust, safety, confidentiality, continuity and respect was highlighted as essential in health services. While societal openness and safety for gender minority individuals was appreciated, participants faced an uncertain asylum process and unmet basic needs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Gender minority forced migrants show resilience and appreciate the newfound societal safety. However, they find themselves in the margins of society and encounter various multi-layered challenges. Loneliness is a public health concern that could be addressed through peer support, which is highly desired and valued. Ensuring access to affirming health services should be a prioritized area for researchers, professionals, stakeholders and policy-makers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"14034948241301874"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Continued increasing social inequality in mortality in Denmark - a nationwide register-based follow-up on previous mortality studies.","authors":"Henrik Brønnum-Hansen","doi":"10.1177/14034948241302921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241302921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social inequality in mortality has increased in many countries worldwide and does not appear to be levelling off. Denmark is no exception, and the latest developments are presented in this short communication.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Trends in life expectancy and changes in the shape of the age-at-death distribution are calculated from nationwide register data on income and education linked to mortality data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Since 1987, the difference in life expectancy between the lowest and highest income quartiles has increased by 5.4 years for men and by 2.0 years for women. The difference in life expectancy (at age 30) between education groups has also increased. The latest developments indicate a decline in life expectancy for men and women in the lowest income quartile and with the shortest education.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>\u0000 <b>Reducing social inequality in health and mortality has been on the agenda for successive Danish governments for more than 20 years, but social inequality in life expectancy is still increasing.</b>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49568,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"14034948241302921"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}