Study objective: Many previous studies on socioeconomic inequalities in health have
neglected the causal interdependencies between different socioeconomic indicators. This …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the role of behavioral and material factors in explaining
educational differences in all-cause mortality, taking into account the overlap between both …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To compare associations of childhood and adult socioeconomic
position with cardiovascular risk factors measured in adulthood. To estimate the effects of …

This article examines the associations between education, a primary indicator of social
class, and six risk factors for disease. Data are presented on a sample of 3,349 individuals …

Objectives: This study aims at examining whether the relation between established risk
factors and mortality differs with socioeconomic status as measured by level of education …

PURPOSE: Educational attainment is a widely used indicator of socioeconomic status (SES)
in health studies. However, little is known about its relationship to health relative to …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in
Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these …

Abstract Doornbos G (Institute of Social Medicine, University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
and Kromhout D. Educational level and mortality in a 32-year follow-up study of 18-year-old …

Objectives: To assess the influence of socioeconomic position over a lifetime on risk factors
for cardiovascular disease, on morbidity, and on mortality from various causes. Design …

The relationships between education/occupation/income and health status have been well
documented in the international epidemiological and sociological literature for many years …