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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Main Authors: Alexander Darin-Mattsson, Stefan Fors, Ingemar Kåreholt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0670-3