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This cumulative dissertation examines how unpaid care work and socially constructed gender roles contribute to health inequalities in Germany. Drawing on feminist perspectives of equality, difference and deconstruction, it develops a conceptual framework, reviews the operationalisation of intersectionality and sex/gender in quantitative health research, and proposes analytical strategies, including an ‘Intersectional Gender Score’, using population-based data. The findings highlight the importance of mechanism-related sex/gender variables and show how gender-transformative health reporting can support more equal health opportunities in the population.