Doblhammer, GabrieleGumà, Jordi2025-05-272025-05-272018Doblhammer G, Gumà J. Gender differences in the relationship between household position and health in twelve European countries: are they associated with the value climate? In: Doblhammer G, Gumà J, editors. A demographic perspective on gender, family and health in Europe. Cham: Springer; c2018. p. 103-31. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72356-3_69783319723556http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70501This study extends the institutionalization hypothesis which proposes that in societies with a more flexible value climate, well-being is less influenced by living in a non-traditional family form. Using data from the EU-SILC 2012 about self-rated health at ages 30–59 we explore twelve European countries representing different welfare state regimes. We characterize household arrangements by an individual’s position within the household which is defined by whether the person shares a household with a partner, children, or another person outside the family nucleus. In addition, we distinguish whether partners live in a consensual union or in a marriage. We test whether self-rated health is associated with the frequency of a certain household arrangement in a given country and hypothesize that higher frequencies of non-traditional household arrangements should go hand in hand with better health.application/pdfengThis chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.Estudis de donesEstatus socialQualitat de vidainfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72356-3_6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess