This paper offers a critical appraisal of the various methods employed to date to measure
inequalities in health. It suggests that only two of these—the slope index of inequality and …

In this article, the authors evaluate the possible roles of negative emotions and cognitions in
the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical health, focusing on the …

Over the past 15 years, the availability of cheap and convenient microcomputers has
changed the collection methods and analysis of household survey data in developing …

When originally published in 1988, this book presented new evidence of inequalities in
health found among communities in different areas of the North of England. It relates this …

This paper argues that education should become more evidence‐based. The distinction is
made between using existing research and establishing high‐quality educational research …

In Britain, as in other developed countries, variations in morbidity and mortality have been
associated with a wide variety of measures of socioeconomic status including car …

Communicating Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency explores the use of
communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and …

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

A new luxury fever has America in its grip. Independent of stock prices, recessions, and
inflation rates, the past two decades have witnessed a spectacular and uninterrupted rise in …

What is ahealthy'lifestyle? Which is more significant: the social circumstances in which
people live, or lifestyle habits such as exercise or smoking? Health and Lifestyles is the first …