Explaining educational inequalities in adolescent life satisfaction: do health behaviour and gender matter?

Irene Moor (), Thomas Lampert, Katharina Rathmann, Benjamin Kuntz, Petra Kolip, Jacob Spallek and Matthias Richter

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 2, 309-317

Abstract: The relationship between educational track and life satisfaction is substantially mediated by health-related behaviours. To tackle inequalities in adolescent health, behavioural factors should be targeted at adolescents from lower educational tracks, with special focus on gender differences. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Health behaviour; HBSC; Adolescent health; Social inequality; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0531-9

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