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Access to Psycho-Social Resources and Health : Exploratory findings from a Survey of the French Population

dc.contributor.authorJusot, Florence
dc.contributor.authorDourgnon, Paul
dc.contributor.authorGrignon, Michel
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-24T13:43:22Z
dc.date.available2009-06-24T13:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/448
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectFranceen
dc.subjectHealth inequalitiesen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subject.ddc334en
dc.subject.classificationjelH55en
dc.subject.classificationjelH51en
dc.subject.classificationjelI18en
dc.titleAccess to Psycho-Social Resources and Health : Exploratory findings from a Survey of the French Populationen
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherIRDES;France
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherMcMaster University;Canada
dc.description.abstractenWe study the psycho-social determinants of self-assessed health in order to explain social inequalities in health in France.We use a unique general population survey to assess the respective impact on self-assessed health status of subjective perceptions of social capital, social support, and sense of control, controlling for standard socio-demographic factors (SES, income, education, age, and gender). The survey is unique in that it provides a variety of measures of self-perceived psychosocial resources (trust and civic engagement, social support, sense of control, and self-esteem). We find empirical support for the link between the subjective perception of psycho-social resources and health. Sense of control at work is the most important correlate of health status after income. Other important ones are civic engagement and social support. To a lesser extent, sense of being lower in the social hierarchy is associated with poorer health status. On the contrary, relative deprivation does not affect health in our survey. Since access to psycho-social resources is not equally distributed in the population, these findings suggest that psycho-social factors can partially explain of social inequalities in health in France.en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameHealth economics, Policy and Law
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol3en
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2008
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpages365–391en
dc.relation.isversionofdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744133108004556en
dc.description.sponsorshipprivateouien
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.subject.ddclabelEconomie socialeen


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