Health and Place
Volume 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-137
Neighbourhood inequalities in health and health-related behaviour: Results of selective migration? (Article)
van Lenthe F.J.* ,
Martikainen P. ,
Mackenbach J.P.
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Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
Abstract
We hypothesised that neighbourhood inequalities in health and health-related behaviour are due to selective migration between neighbourhoods. Ten-year follow-up data of 25-74-year-old participants in a Dutch city (Eindhoven) showed an increased probability of both upward and downward migration in 25-34-year-old participants, and in single and divorced participants. Women and those highly educated showed an increased probability of upward migration from the most deprived neighbourhoods; lower educated showed an increased probability of moving downwards. Adjusted for these factors, health and health-related behaviour were weakly associated with migration. Over 10 years of follow-up, selective migration will hardly contribute to neighbourhood inequalities in health and health-related behaviour. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.09.013
ISSN: 13538292
Cited by: 63
Original Language: English