Different indicators of socioeconomic status and their relative importance as determinants of health in old age
Abstract Background Socioeconomic status has been operationalised in a variety of ways, most commonly as education, social class, or income. In this study, we also use occupational complexity and a SES-index as alternative measures of socioeconomic status. Studies show that in analyses of health ine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0670-3 |