SOCIAL INEQUALITIES -- SOCIAL INEQUALITIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SOCIOECONOMIC AND SEX INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH OF JAPANESE CIVIL SERVANTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: ROLE OF JOB STRAIN, WORK HOURS AND WORK-FAMILY CONFLICTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SES AND SEX INEQUALITIES IN JOB STRAIN, WORK HOURS, AND WORK-FAMILY CONFLICTS -- 3. SES AND SEX INEQUALITIES IN SLEEP -- 4. SES AND SEX INEQUALITIES IN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH -- 6. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- 7. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- APPENDIX 1. QUESTION ITEMS FOR JOB DEMAND, CONTROL, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT MEASURES -- APPENDIX 2. QUESTION ITEMS FOR WORK- TO-FAMILY CONFLICT AND FAMILY-TO-WORK CONFLICT MEASURES -- APPENDIX 3. QUESTION ITEMS FOR THE PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX (PSQI) -- APPENDIX 4. QUESTION ITEMS FOR THE MEDICAL OUTCOME SURVEY SHORT FORM 36 (SF-36) -- REFERENCES -- SEX, AGE, AND CLASS INFLUENCES ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHINESE CITIES -- ABSTRACT -- EXISTING THEORY AND RESEARCH -- QUALITY OF LIFE IN THREE CHINESE CITIES -- HYPOTHESES -- METHODS -- Measures -- Analytic Procedures -- RESULTS -- Contextual Effects Separately -- Contextual Effects in General -- Effects of Personal Experiences -- DISCUSSION -- Further Investigation -- Implications -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: ITEMS FOR MEASURING MORALE AND DISTRESS -- THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL RISK FACTORS ON PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND POSTPARTUM PERIOD: WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE PERSONAL SITUATION OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN ANTENATAL CARE? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AS MEDICAL RISK FACTORS -- IMPACT OF SOCIAL RISK FACTORS ON PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND POSTNATAL PERIOD -- HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF INCREASED SOCIAL STRESS IN PREGNANCY -- POVERTY - DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS OF AGE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES -- MIGRATION.

HEALTH-CONSCIOUSNESS BEHAVIOR AND POVERTY -- RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHILD'S FATHER / FAMILY / SOCIAL NETWORK -- EXPERIENCE OF VIOLENCE (ACUTE AND LIFE-TIME PREVALENCES) -- ANTENATAL DOCUMENTATION OF SOCIAL RISKS IN GERMANY -- SCREENING FOR WOMEN WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS -- PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS -- Primary Prevention -- Secondary Prevention -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ON THE PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF MEASURES OF MODERN RACISM: THE MODERATING ROLE OF THE SALIENCE OF RACIAL BIAS -- ABSTRACT -- METHOD -- Studies Included -- Coded Characteristics of Studies -- Ratings of the Salience of Racial Bias -- Study Design -- Target Race Inferred or Not Inferred -- Naturalistic vs. Non-Naturalistic -- Subject Population -- Mean Level of Racial Bias -- Publication Status -- RESULTS -- Calculation of Effect Sizes -- Independent Ratings of the Salience of Racial Bias -- Study Design -- Within vs. between Subject Design -- Racial Bias Explicitly Salient and "Mixed" Designs -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND HEALTH IN EUROPE: A COMPARISON AMONG THE 27 EU COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Rationale -- 1.2. Outline of the Chapter -- 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 2.1. Choosing Partial Indicators through Explorative Factorial Analysis -- 2.2. Building the Socio Economic Condition (SEC) Index -- 2.2.1. Deprivation Index -- 2.2.2. The Borda Method -- 2.2.3. The Validation of the Proposed Index -- 2.3.4. Classifying Countries into SEC Categories -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. The Selected Variables to Build SEC Index -- 3.2. The Socio Economic Conditions (SEC) Index -- 4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REVIEWED BY -- REFERENCES -- ON SOCIAL INEQUALITIES -- BACKGROUND: HUMANS AND THEIR DIFFERENCES -- EGALITARIANISM AND CULTURALLY VALUABLE DIFFERENCES -- EGALITARIANISM, IN GENERAL -- SOCIAL CLASSES.

SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF AFRICAN WOMEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Nutritional Status and Socioeconomic Status in Pre-Transitional Societies -- In Transitional Societies -- Height and Socioeconomic Status -- BMI and Socioeconomic Status -- Genetic Factors -- Overview -- Aim of Paper -- DATA AND METHODS -- DHS Data -- Methods -- RESULTS -- 1. Sample Characteristics -- 2. Overall Relationship of Anthropometric Indicators with Wealth -- 3. Multivariate Analysis -- 4. Interactions with Urban Residence and Body Shape -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.