Abstract
This study examines cross-national differences in socio-economic inequalities in mothers’ health. Inequalities are expected to be largest where social policies treat mothers as unpaid caregivers, smallest where they support mothers as paid workers, and intermediate where policies are inconsistent. Hypotheses are tested using Latent Growth Curve Models for the effects of education on mothers’ self-rated health trajectories; estimates are then compared cross-nationally using z-scores. Against expectations, no between-country differences in health inequalities are found. However, comparing results for mothers with those for all working-age women reveals that the easing of mothers’ health inequalities maps partially to expectations.
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