This paper draws on Bourdieu's theory of economic, social and cultural capital to understand
the relative effect of the volume and the composition of these capitals on healthcare service …

In this article we adopt a Bourdieu‐based approach to study social inequalities in
perceptions of mental and physical health. Most research takes into account the impact of …

We explore the ramifications of applying Pierre Bourdieu's theory of capitals to
epidemiological research on socioeconomic health inequalities. Capitals are resources …

This study explores the relationship between social class and health change in older people
in a path analysis, using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (n= 6241) in a …

While empirical evidence continues to show that low socio-economic position is associated
with less likely chances of being in good health, our understanding of why this is so remains …

The widely established health differences between people with greater economic resources
and those with fewer resources can be attributed to both social causation (material factors …

Self‐reported health (SRH) is one of the most frequently used measures for examining
socioeconomic inequalities in health. Studies find that when faced with 'identical objective …

The literature on health inequalities often uses measures of socio-economic position
pragmatically to rank the population to describe inequalities in health rather than to …

Background Socioeconomic inequalities are well established across health, morbidity and
mortality measures. Social class theory describes how social groups relate, interact and …

The materialist thread within health sociology has observed a clear gradient linking
inequalities in health with measures of social class and poverty. More recently, Bourdieu's …