Publications
Social inequalities in educational choice at the transition from primary to secondary education. Further evidence for a rational choice? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described at country-level. As Belgium is a federal state with many responsibilities in health policies being transferred to the regional levels, regional breakdown of health indicators is becoming increasingly relevant for policy-makers, as a tool for planning and evaluation. We analyzed the educational disparities by region for all-cause and cause-specific ...
The stratified medicalisation of mental health symptoms : educational inequalities in the use of psychotropic medication in Belgium Ghent University
Educational inequalities in avoidable mortality in Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
METHODS:
Mortality data were obtained for people aged 30-64?years. For each country, the association between level of education and avoidable mortality was measured ...
Determinants of educational inequalities in disability-free life expectancy between ages 35 and 80 in Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) exist across all European countries, yet the driving determinants of these differences are not completely known. We calculated the impact on educational inequalities in DFLE of equalizing the distribution of eight risk factors for mortality and disability using register-based mortality data and survey data from 15 European countries for individuals between 35 and 80 years ...
Educational inequalities in young-adult mortality between the 1990s and the 2000s: regional differences in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This study addresses educational inequalities in young-adult mortality between the 1990s and the 2000s by comparing trends in the three different regions in Belgium stratified by sex. Social inequalities in mortality are of major concern to public health but are rarely studied at young ages. Substantial health differences have been found between the Flemish (FR) and Walloon region (WR) concerning (healthy) life expectancy and ...
Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender Vrije Universiteit Brussel
To evaluate educational inequalities in diabetes mortality in Europe in the 2000s, and to assess whether these inequalities differ between genders.
Methods
Data were obtained from mortality registries covering 14 European countries. To determine educational inequalities in diabetes mortality, age-standardised mortality rates, mortality rate ratios, and slope and relative indices of inequality were calculated. To ...