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Tim Huijts

Professor, Maastricht University
Verified email at maastrichtuniversity.nl
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[HTML][HTML] Understanding the micro and macro politics of health: Inequalities, intersectionality & institutions-A research agenda

A Gkiouleka, T Huijts, J Beckfield, C Bambra - Social science & medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
This essay brings together intersectionality and institutional approaches to health
inequalities, suggesting an integrative analytical framework that accounts for the complexity …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review

K Thomson, F Hillier-Brown, A Todd, C McNamara… - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Socio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social,
economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health inequalities …

[PDF][PDF] Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education?

SV Subramanian, T Huijts… - Bulletin of the World …, 2010 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of self-rated health assessments by examining the
association between education and self-rated poor health. METHODS: We used the globally …

An institutional theory of welfare state effects on the distribution of population health

J Beckfield, C Bambra, TA Eikemo, T Huijts… - Social Theory & …, 2015 - Springer
Social inequalities in health endure, but also vary, through space and time. Building on
research that documents the durability and variability of health inequality, recent research …

Macro‐level gender equality and depression in men and women in Europe

S Van de Velde, T Huijts, P Bracke… - Sociology of health & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A recurrent finding in international literature is a greater prevalence of depression in women
than in men. While explanations for this gender gap have been studied extensively at the …

Childlessness and psychological well-being in context: A multilevel study on 24 European countries

T Huijts, G Kraaykamp… - European Sociological …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we examine to what extent childlessness is associated with poor psychological
well-being in Europe. Moreover, we examine whether the relationship between …

An internationally comparative study of immigration and adolescent emotional and behavioral problems: Effects of generation and gender

GWJM Stevens, SD Walsh, T Huijts, M Maes… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Although the potential consequences of immigration for adolescent problem
behaviors have been addressed in many former studies, internationally comparative …

The first pan-European sociological health inequalities survey of the general population: the European Social Survey rotating module on the social determinants of …

TA Eikemo, C Bambra, T Huijts… - European Sociological …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The European Social Survey (ESS) is a biennial, academically driven, cross-sectional, pan-
European social survey that charts and explains the interactions between Europe's …

Attitudes towards income inequality:'Winners' versus 'losers' of the perceived meritocracy

KLA Roex, T Huijts, I Sieben - Acta sociologica, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Individuals with a higher social position are more tolerant of current income inequality than
individuals with a lower social position. Besides this, attitudes towards income inequality are …

[HTML][HTML] The happiest kids on earth. Gender equality and adolescent life satisfaction in Europe and North America

ME Looze, T Huijts, GWJM Stevens, T Torsheim… - Journal of youth and …, 2018 - Springer
Cross-national differences in adolescent life satisfaction in Europe and North America are
consistent, but remain poorly understood. While previous studies have predominantly …