The persistence of adult health and mortality socioeconomic inequalities and the equally stubborn reproduction of social class inequalities are salient features in modern societies that puzzle researchers in seemingly unconnected research fields. Neither can be satisfactorily explained with standard theoretical frameworks. In the domain of health and mortality, it is unclear if and to what an e...

This study analyzes how Socio-economic status (SES) affects student academic performance. The examines background can help explain SES achievement and guide educational policy actions to close inequalities.300 varied secondary school pupils was sampled. Parental income, education, occupation were used calculate status. Standardized tests GPAs measured Data analysis correlation regression analys...

This study tests several hypotheses about the underlying causal structure of the inverse correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mental illness. It does this through the analysis of a longitudinal statewide database on acute psychiatric hospitalization in Massachusetts for the fiscal years 1994-2000 as well as supplemental census data. The modeling strategy used techniques of structu...

GENERAL COMMENTS Barnard and colleges undertake a retrospective analysis of a national cohort of nearly a quarter of a million patients who received cardiothoracic surgery between 2003 and 2013. The authors suggest that socio-economic status (SES), quantified using the Index of Multiple Deprivation composite score, is associated with both early and late all-cause mortality. The authors note tha...

OBJECTIVE To determine which aspects of socio-economic status (SES) measured at birth and at ages 9 or 10 years, are associated with body composition at ages 9 or 10 years. DESIGN Mixed longitudinal cohort. SETTING Johannesburg-Soweto South Africa. PARTICIPANTS A sub-sample of the Birth to Twenty (Bt20) cohort (n = 281) with data on birth weight, height, weight, fat and lean tissue (whole...

BACKGROUND Smoking prevalence is higher among low socio-economic status (LSES) groups, and this difference may originate from a higher intention to smoke in childhood. This study aims to identify factors that explain differences in intention to smoke between children living in high socio-economic status (HSES) and LSES neighbourhoods. METHODS Cross-sectional data were derived from the baselin...

The aim of this study was to assess whether the association with social class differed between allergic rhinitis and asthma and whether these associations have changed over time. The Swedish Military Service Conscription Register was linked to two other national registers for 1,247,038 male conscripts in successive cohorts born between 1952 and 1977. The percentage of asthma cases associated wi...

OBJECTIVES The first democratic government elected in South Africa in 1994 inherited huge inequities in health status and health provision across all sections of the population. This study set out to assess the impact of the new government's commitment to address these inequities and implement policies to improve population health in general and address inequalities in health care in particular...

Introduction: Educational attainment and poverty status are two strong socioeconomic status (SES) indicators that protect individuals against exposure to second-hand smoke. Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs), however, refer to smaller protective effects of SES indicators among ethnic minority groups such as Hispanics and Blacks, compared to non-Hispanic Whites. This...