Socioeconomic differences in health, health behaviour and access to health care (2008)

in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

By Marc Suhrcke, Sarah Walters, Stefano Mazzuco, Joceline Pomerleau, Martin McKee and Christian W. Haerpfer
2008, iv + 54 pages
ISBN 978 92 890 4286 4

This publication presents tables summarizing the distribution of health, health behaviour, health care access and social capital by socioeconomic status, gender and residence (urban or rural). The data come from the Living Conditions, Lifestyles and Health (LLH) Project, which conducted representative surveys in eight countries of the former Soviet Union: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine in October and November 2001. The statistics are descriptive and do not necessarily reflect causal relationships between socioeconomic status and health.