Socio-economic conditions and health inequalities in Italy at the beginning of the XXI century

The study intends to analyse (a) the relationship between health status and socio-economic conditions in light of the most recent data on health conditions in the Italian population, (b) whether the effect of socio-economic factors depends on the individual’s residential context. We find persiting health differences depending on individual socio-economic status. Moreover, environmental context influences the health of individuals, thus individuals living in socio-economically deprived areas are at increasing risk of perceiving a poor health status. Finally, people living in economically less developed regions experience lower health inequalities due to income differences than those living in the more developed regions.