Measuring socioeconomic position in New Zealand
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Measuring socioeconomic position in New Zealand.
INTRODUCTION Measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) are widely used in health research. AIM To provide future researchers with empirically based guidance about the relative utility of five measures of SEP in predicting health outcomes. METHODS Data from 12,488 adults were obtained from the 2006 New Zealand Health Survey. Seven health-related outcome measures with expected variations by SE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1172-6156
DOI: 10.1071/hc12280