Class and Health - Research and Longitudinal Data

Originally published in 1986, this book discusses issues such as social class differences in health; the effect of unemployment on health; the relationship between income and health; how much of the class differences in death rates can be explained in terms of medically recognized factors.

List of contents

1. Socio-economic differences in mortality: interpreting the data on their size and trends R. G Wilkinson 2. Social Inequalities in Mortality: The Social Environment M. G. Marmot 3. Social Class Mortality Differentials: Artefact, Selection or Life Circumstances? A. J. Fox, P. O. Goldblatt and D. R. Jones 4. Serious Illness in Childhood and Its Association with Later-Life Achievement M. E J. Wadsworth 5. Unemployment and Mortality in the OPCS Longitudinal Study K. A. Moser, A. J. Fox, and D. R. Jones 6. Income and Mortality R. G. Wilkinson 7. Inequalities in Health and Health Care: A Research Agenda J. Le Grand 8. Longitudinal Studies in Britain Relevant to Inequalities in Health M. Blaxter.

Summary

Originally published in 1986, this book discusses issues such as social class differences in health; the effect of unemployment on health; the relationship between income and health; how much of the class differences in death rates can be explained in terms of medically recognized factors.

Product details

• Authors: Richard G. Wilkinson
• Assisted by: Richard G. Wilkinson (Editor), Wilkinson Richard G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781032257082
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225708-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Human Geography, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects