Changes in social inequality with respect to health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany after re-unification

摘要

BackgroundSince Germany re-unified in 1990, substantial social and economic changes have happened in East Germany, the former socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of these socio-economic changes in East Germany on the association between social status, measured by parental educational level, and health-related living conditions of children during the ten-year period after re-unification.