The new UK national statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC); investigating social class differences in self-reported health status

The new UK National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC); investigating social class differences in self-reported health status.

BACKGROUND The new UK National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) is theoretically based on differences in employment relations and conditions. Differences in employment relations could account for some of the often observed social class differences in health in the United Kingdom. This study investigates the associations of the NS-SEC with a well-validated health outcome measure...

The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification: Unifying Official and Sociological Approaches to the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Class*

* Acknowledgement: This is a slightly revised version of a paper to be published later this year in Sociéties Contemporaines and thus primarily written for a French audience. We acknowledge the support of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Office for National Statistics and the University of Essex. This work has been made possible by ESRC Grant H501 26 5031 and is part of t...

Self-reported health and socio-economic inequalities in England, 1996–2009: Repeated national cross-sectional study

Tackling social inequalities in health has been a priority for recent UK governments. We used repeated national cross-sectional data for 155,311 participants (aged ≥16 years) in the Health Survey of England to examine trends in socio-economic inequalities in self-reported health over a recent period of sustained policy focus by successive UK governments aimed at tackling social inequalities in ...

Self-reported health and socio-economic inequalities in England, 1996e2009: Repeated national cross-sectional study

Tackling social inequalities in health has been a priority for recent UK governments. We used repeated national cross-sectional data for 155,311 participants (aged 16 years) in the Health Survey of England to examine trends in socio-economic inequalities in self-reported health over a recent period of sustained policy focus by successive UK governments aimed at tackling social inequalities in h...

Socio-economic differences in university outcomes in the UK: drop-out, degree completion and degree class