Why do Oscar winners live for an average of four years longer than other Hollywood actors?
Who experiences the most stress-the decision-makers or those who carry out their orders …

Data from a national sample of 1255 adults who were part of the MIDUS (Mid-life in the US)
follow-up study and agreed to participate in a clinic-based in-depth assessment of their …

Studies have suggested that subjective social status (SSS) is an important predictor of
health. This study examined the link between SSS and health in old age and investigated …

The measurement of socioeconomic status (SES) is a serious matter that requires us to think
more precisely about both conceptual issues and issues more traditionally thought of as …

Education forms a unique dimension of social status, with qualities that make it especially
important to health. It influences health in ways that are varied, present at all stages of adult …

Since the early 2000s, evidence has been accumulating that subjective social status–a
person's sense of their own position on the social ladder–affects health above and beyond …

Poorer people live shorter lives and are more often ill than the rich. This disparity has drawn
attention to the remarkable sensitivity of health to the social environment. This publication …

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) …

This article proposes several conceptual perspectives designed to advance our
understanding of the material and experiential conditions contributing to persistent …

The social patterning of disease and mortality provokes a search for explanation. One
potential underlying explanation for socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in health is …