STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the relation between self rated health and mortality over a
period of 23 years, taking into account medical history, cardiovascular risk factors, and …

Background: In Australia, studies finding an association between area-level socioeconomic
disadvantage and mortality are often based on aggregate-ecological designs which …

BACKGROUND The association of social class with health has been extensively studied, yet
relationships between social class and gastrointestinal symptoms remain almost …

Consistent with international evidence, the findings of Australian research show that
socioeconomically disadvantaged groups experience significantly higher mortality and …

An exploratory, qualitative study was used to investigate the social health needs of older
residents of a low‐income inner‐Sydney area characterised by multiple social and …

This book covers the differential health impacts of family and early development, changes in
work and work conditions, health systems, the physical environment of cities, indigenous …

This paper investigates the relationship between suicide rates and prevalence of mental
disorder and suicide attempts, across socio-economic status (SES) groups based on area of …

The aim of this study was to compare the trends in the prevalence of back pain between
several population subgroups and to assess the stability of the associations between back …

Second edition of this detailed reference examining the social and political currents of
contemporary Australian society. Ordered into three sections-demographic dimensions …

Variation of suicide with socio-economic status (SES) in urban NSW (Australia) during 1985–
1994, by sex and country or region of birth, was examined using Poisson regression …