Money is not enough: exploring the impact of social and cultural resources on youth health

Abstract

Background: Findings on socioeconomic health differentials in youth remain fragmented with the role of cumulative and interaction effects of different forms of health resources not well understood.

Methods: European KIDSCREEN data were analysed to explore effects of material and non-material resources on subjective health in The Netherlands, Hungary, and the UK.

Results: Regression analysis revealed significant main effects of economic, social, and cultural resources on youth health. In the UK an interaction effect between economic and cultural resources indicated a conditional relationship between material and non-material health resources.

Conclusions: Exploring the combined impact of economic, social, and cultural resources may contribute to our understanding of health differentials.