Socioeconomic status (SES) is a hierarchical social classification associated with different
outcomes in health and disease. The most important factors influencing SES are income …

Employment relations, as a theoretical framework for social class, represent a
complementary approach to social stratification. Employment relations introduce social …

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The impact of housing hazards on health outcomes is becoming a major issue especially
given the recent and on-going reviews of energy legislation in many European countries. A …

This paper provides statistical methods that permit the association of socioeconomic status
and health to be partially unraveled in panel data by excluding some postulated causal …

STUDY OBJECTIVE To identify which of seven indicators of socioeconomic status used
singly or combined with one other would be most useful in studies of health inequalities in …

BACKGROUND: Although lack of affordable housing is common in the US, few studies have
examined the association between housing affordability and health. PURPOSE: Using quasi …

In this exciting new book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the
evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He …

Aims: To examine the childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends between 1974
and 2003 and to assess whether these trends relate to parental social class and household …

This study aimed to explore the role of dwelling conditions and neighbourhood
characteristics in explaining the frequently observed association between housing tenure …