Health and inequalities in Sweden: long and short-term perspectives

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This chapter presents an overview of the extent of and changes in health inequalities for various dimensions of ill health. The long perspective describes changes from the late 1960s to the new millennium with regard to age, class, and gender inequalities as well as inequalities related to country of birth. It notes that from the late 1960s to the early 1980s distribution of resources, especially regarding incomes, became more even and, typically, gender inequalities narrowed, not least with regard to labour market relations. It explains that the 1990s on the other hand, became a decade characterised by economic crisis, mass unemployment, and lower employment rates, increasing income inequalities as well as welfare state restructuring in a number of areas. It analyses how health and health inequalities have developed in Sweden from the late 1960s to 2000.

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