Richard Layte

TL;DR: This paper adopts scoring algorithms for the UK SF-36 and SF-12 summary scores to evaluate the picture of change gained in various treatment groups and suggests that where two summary scores of health status are adequate than theSF-12 may be the instrument of choice.

TL;DR: Socioeconomic circumstances, in addition to the 25 × 25 factors, should be targeted by local and global health strategies and health risk surveillance to reduce mortality.

TL;DR: The SF-12 is able to produce the two summary scales originally developed from the SF-36 with considerable accuracy and yet with far less respondent burden, and may be an instrument of choice where a short generic measure providing summary information on physical and mental health status is required.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between household income and life-style deprivation, and their combined impact on households' perceptions of economic strain, and showed that within-nation reference group processes operating in a uniform manner across countries can account for the bulk of the variation in strain.

TL;DR: The authors evaluate how well the different welfare states of Europe perform in terms of preventing recurrent and persistent income poverty and what household and individual characteristics influence poverty duration, showing that country welfare regimes strongly influence long run poverty, with social democratic countries reducing the level of persistent and recurrent poverty.