Study Niedzwiedz et al. (2015): study ZZ EU 12 2006

Public

50-75 aged, general public, 12 European nations, 2006-2007

Survey name

SHARE

Sample

Respondents

N = 16071

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
face-to-face computer assisted personal interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Welfare regimes

Our Classification

Remarks

Source of distinction: Bambra, C. Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on a public health " puzzle" Journal Epidemiol Community Health 2011; 65 (9): 740-745.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Four types of welfare regime:

a. Postcommunist regime. Still undergoing extensive social reforms, characterised by  limited health service provisions. (Czech Republic and Poland.

b. Southern regime: rudimentary welfare regime because of fragmented system of welfare provision and welfare services. (Greece and Italy)

c. Bismarckian regime: conservative, corporatist. Status differentiating welfare regime in which benefits are often earnings related , administered through the employer and geared towards maintaining existing social patterns. (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.)

d. Scandinavian regime.  Social democratic, universal, egalitarian and comparatively generous. (Denmark and Sweden)

Level of welfare efforts is low in a and b, higher in c, and highest in d.

Observed Relation with Happiness