The Whitehall studies have come to be closely associated with the investigation of
socioeconomic differences in physical and mental illness and mortality: the social gradient …

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

Background: Health behaviours are potential explanatory factors for socioeconomic
differences in mortality. We examined the extent to which seven health behaviours covering …

This study sought to determine the contribution of neighborhood socioeconomic status to all-
cause mortality and to explore its correlates. As part of the longitudinal “Gezondheid en …

Background While the relationship between socio-economic disadvantage and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well established, the role that traditional cardiovascular risk …

Background A number of different socio-economic classifications have been used in relation
to health in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive power …

This glossary presents a comprehensive list of indicators of socioeconomic position used in
health research. A description of what they intend to measure is given together with how …

PURPOSE: To summarize recent and past American and British studies on the relationship
of social class and health status. DATA SOURCES: A systematic review of the pertinent …

Context Previous studies may have underestimated the contribution of health behaviors to
social inequalities in mortality because health behaviors were assessed only at the baseline …

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the relative contribution of adult compared with early life
socioeconomic status as predictors of morbidity attributable to coronary heart disease …