Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a reliable correlate of poor physical health. Rather than
treat SES as a covariate, health psychology has increasingly focused on the …

Social class inequalities in health and mortality have become an increasingly prominent
topic of study among sociologists, demographers, economists, and social epidemiologists …

874 Circulation September 1, 2015 references are intended to be illustrative and to highlight
significant knowledge in the field. The premise underlying this scientific statement is that, at …

Social class reflects more than the material conditions of people's lives. Objective resources
(eg, income) shape cultural practices and behaviors that signal social class. These signals …

Health and longevity are intimately related to position in the social hierarchy. The lower the
status, the higher risk of illness and death, and consequently the shorter the life expectancy …

The purpose of this study was twofold—(1) investigate the role of subjective social status as
a predictor of ill-health, with a further exploration of the extent to which this relationship could …

Increasingly, social scientists are turning to childhood to gain a better understanding of the
fundamental social causes of adult mortality. However, evidence of the link between …

Health is a universal human aspiration and a basic human need. The development of
society, rich or poor, can be judged by the quality of its population's health, how fairly health …

Background:“Social determinants of heath”(SDHs) are nonclinical factors that profoundly
affect health. Helping community health centers (CHCs) document patients' SDH data in …

Background: Minorities' Diminished Return (MDR) can be defined as smaller health gains
from socioeconomic status (SES) indicators, such as education attainment among ethnic …