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The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

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Health and Social Stratification 83<br />

According<strong>to</strong> Relative Index of Inequality ± a regression based measure<br />

(Mackenbach and Kunst 1997) ± the size of inequalities in perceived health<br />

varied between countries for men as well as women (figure 4.5). Gender differences<br />

in inequalities in each country were not very large. For both men and<br />

Figure 4.5 Perceived health by education in 11 European countries.<br />

Relative Index of Inequality<br />

Source: Cavelaars et al. 1998b.

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