ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2004
The demographic and social class basis of inequality in self reported morbidity: an exploration using the Health Survey for England.
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- Lifecourse socioeconomic circumstances and multimorbidity among older adults.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Sociodemographic status and self-reported BMI-related morbidity in Koreans.Yonsei medical journal · 2010Article
- Differences between women's and men's socioeconomic inequalities in health: longitudinal analysis of the Canadian population, 1994-2003.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2008Article
- Deprivation, demography, and the distribution of general practice: challenging the conventional wisdom of inverse care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2008Article
- Educational inequalities in self-reported health in a general Iranian population.BMC research notes · 2008Article
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Abstract
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objectivesTo assess the relative contribution of age and social class to variations in the prevalence of a selection of self reported health problems. To examine the implications of observed variations for research on health inequalities.
designSecondary analysis of the Health Survey for England (1991-1997) using morbidities that are particularly prone to class effects. A statistical measure of the "relative class effect" is introduced to compare the effects of adjusting for social class and age. MAIN
resultsThere is substantial variation in the relative importance of the age and class distributions of different diseases. Age effects often overshadow those of class even for conditions where an apparently strong social gradient exists. Only for self reported mental health among women does the social gradient exceed the age gradient. Within the context of a dominating age gradient, social gradients are relatively high for mental health and general health for both sexes. Variation in the relative strengths of the social gradients between the sexes are observed for angina symptoms.
conclusionsGiven variations in the "relative class effect", analysis recognising the distinct contributions of age, sex, and social class to specific morbidities is advocated as a transparent and robust approach to the assessment of morbidity based inequality.
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