Observations of a positive association between socioeconomi position (SES) and health are
not new, extending back to the: 12th century (Antonovsky 1967; Syme and Berkman 1976) …

In the past 15 years, we have seen a marked increase in research on socioeconomic status
(SES) and health. Research in the first part of this era examined the nature of the …

Mortality rates in the developed world have fallen sharply during the twentieth century.
Individuals of lower socioeconomic status, however, generally have faced higher mortality …

The relationship between the socioeconom-ic position of individuals and populations and
their health is well established—the socioeconomically better-off doing better on most …

The association of socioeconomic status (SES) with morbidity and mortality is a ubiquitous
finding in the health literature. One of the principal challenges for biobehavioral researchers …

During the past two decades, the public health community's attention has been drawn
increasingly to the social determinants of health (SDH)—the factors apart from medical care …

Since the early 1970s, the International Journal of Health Services has estabн lished an
exceptional record of innovation in public health and its associated social sciences …

This paper reviews the evidence on the well-known positive association between
socioeconomic status and health. We focus on four dimensions of socioeconomic status …

Link and Phelan (1995) developed the theory of fundamental causes to explain why the
association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted despite radical …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is defined as a measure of one's combined economic and
social status and tends to be positively associated with better health. This entry focuses on …