ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2003
Measuring the habitat as an indicator of socioeconomic position: methodology and its association with hypertension.
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- Association between low education and higher global cardiovascular risk.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2015Article
- Understanding social disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control: the role of neighborhood context.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2007Article
- Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1).Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2006Article
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Abstract
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objectives(1) to develop an indicator of socioeconomic position based on the social standing of the habitat (SSH), that is, the residential building, its immediate surroundings, and local neighbourhood; (2) to assess the relation of SSH to two usual markers of socioeconomic position (education and occupation) and a known, socially determined health outcome (hypertension).
designPopulation survey measuring SSH, detailed educational and occupational histories, and blood pressure. The SSH is a standardised assessment of the external and internal aspects of someone's building (or house), and of the characteristics of its immediate surroundings and local neighbourhood.
settingA sample of participants to the Bus Santé survey between 1993 and 1998, in Geneva, Switzerland.
participants588 men and women, aged 35 to 74. MAIN
resultsThe SSH index was highly reproducible (kappa=0.8). Concordance of SSH with education or occupation was good for people of either high or low socioeconomic position, but not for those with medium education and/or occupation. There was a higher prevalence of hypertension in the lowest compared with the highest groups, defined on the basis of education or occupation, but the SSH was the only indicator that showed a higher prevalence of hypertension among people in the middle of the social spectrum.
conclusionsPeople of medium education or occupation are heterogeneous with respect to their habitat. Those living in habitats of medium social standing may be most affected by hypertension but this association could not be revealed on the basis of education and occupation alone. The habitat seems to capture different aspects of the socioeconomic position compared with the usual indicators of social class.
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