1. HEALTH STATUS, LIFESTYLE, USE OF HEALTH SERVICES, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND LIFE SATISFACTION AS PREDICTORS OF MENTAL HEALTH - COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN THAT RECEIVE AND DO NOT RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN CROATIA
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Lovorka Bilajac, Petra Šuljić, Uroš Šuljić, Željko Sesar, Vladimir Mićović, Ksenija Vitale, Aleksandar Džakula, and Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina
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Adult ,Social Work ,Inequality ,Higher education ,Croatia ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,health status ,Personal Satisfaction ,BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita. Javno zdravstvo ,public assistance ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,social capital ,mental health ,women ,education ,Life Style ,media_common ,Aged ,BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Public Health and Health Care. Public Health ,education.field_of_study ,Social work ,business.industry ,Life satisfaction ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Mental health ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Female ,business ,Psychology ,Welfare ,Social capital ,Demography - Abstract
Background: The connection between socio-economic status and health is documented, yet not fully understood. The goal of this research was to analyze the relationship between socio-economic status, lifestyle and health status, availability of health-care, social capital, and satisfaction with life. Subjects and methods: Subjects were 1117 women aged 25-65 years divided in two groups. Group 1 consisted of women who receive public assistance (N1=591), while Group 2 consisted of women who do not (N2=526). The sample was stratified by random choice into multiple stages based on six regions of Croatia, residential area size, and the age of respondents. Visiting nurses surveyed the deprived population, while in Group 2 self-interviewing was conducted. A questionnaire entitled “Inequalities in health” was used. The respondents participated in this research voluntarily and anonymously. Results: Socially deprived women consume spirits and wine more often (p
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- 2018