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ArticleEuropean journal of public health2025

Intersectional sleep disparities: association between multiple social intersections, perceived neighborhood deprivation, and sleep disturbance in Europe.

Enrique Alonso-Perez, Xuejie Ding, David Richter, Paul Gellert, Julie Lorraine O'Sullivan

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Enrique Alonso-PerezInstitute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0228-5084
Xuejie DingEinstein Center Population Diversity (ECPD), Berlin, Germany.
David RichterDepartment of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Paul GellertInstitute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Julie Lorraine O'SullivanInstitute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

DEVELOPING AN ISRAELI VERSION OF THE HRS/SHARE PROJECTR21AG025169 · NIA · HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM · PI LITWIN, HOWARD · 2004 to 2006
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COMPARE CIT5-CT-2005-028857DG EmploymentDG Employment, Social Affairs & InclusionEinstein Center Population DiversityEinstein Foundation Berlin EZ-2019-555-2European Commission CIT4-CT-2006-028812European Commission CIT5-CT-2005-028857European Commission GA N° 211909European Commission GA N° 227822European Commission GA N° 261982European Commission GA N° 654221European Commission GA N° 676536European Commission QLK6-CT-2001-00360European Commission SHARE-I3: RII-CT-2006-062193German Ministry of Education and ResearchHorizon 2020Max Planck Society for the Advancement of ScienceNIA NIH HHS IAG_BSR06-11NIA NIH HHS OGHA_04-064, HHSN271201300071CNIA NIH HHS P01_AG005842NIA NIH HHS P01_AG08291NIA NIH HHS P30_AG12815NIA NIH HHS R21 AG025169NIA NIH HHS R21_ AG025169NIA NIH HHS U01_AG09740-13S2NIA NIH HHS Y1-AG-4553-01SHARELIFE CIT4-CT-2006-028812
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Abstract

The prevalence of sleep disturbance, related with social status and privilege, is unevenly distributed within societies. Individual social determinants that are embedded within broader neighborhood contexts intersect and jointly shape sleep disparities. This study incorporates a quantitative intersectional framework to better understand the structural inequalities in sleep disturbance for older adults, focusing on the social-ecological model of sleep and how individual and social context factors interact. Our sample consisted of 17 035 individuals aged 50+ from waves 4 and 5 of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We created 72 unique intersectional strata by interacting individual axes of social inequality (sex/gender, family caregiving, education, occupation) with perceived neighborhood deprivation. To investigate the variations in sleep disturbance across intersectional strata, we employed intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA). Intersectional strata explained a fair magnitude of the variance in sleep disturbance (6.3%). The most disadvantaged groups, particularly women with low education, low-skill occupations who were caregivers in perceived highly-deprived neighborhoods, exhibited the largest number of sleep disturbance. Sex/gender and perceived neighborhood deprivation were the main predictors of such differences. While some multiplicative effects were found, additive effects predominated. Given the importance of sleep for health, coupled with increasing social inequalities, our findings suggest that intersectionality is a valuable framework for mapping and addressing sleep disparities. Tailored interventions should go beyond individual factors to include community-level measures, targeting socially vulnerable groups, especially women experiencing neighborhood deprivation.

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Health Status DisparitiesNeighborhood CharacteristicsResidence CharacteristicsSleep Wake DisordersAgedEuropeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic Factors

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PMCPMC12529291

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