BACKGROUND Despite abundant evidence that socio-economic status (SES) is a fundamental determinant of health, there is a dearth of research examining association between SES, measured at the individual and community levels, and cardiovascular risk factors and morbidity among indigenous populations. OBJECTIVES To examine the influence of individual-level and community-level SES on systolic and...

Childhood wasting is a global problem and is significantly more pronounced in low and middle income countries like Bangladesh. Socio Economic Status (SES) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices may be significantly associated with wasting. Most previous research is consistent about the role of SES, but the significance of WASH in the context of wasting remains ambiguous. The effect ...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined the association between area socio-economic status (SES) and food purchasing behaviour. DESIGN Data were collected by mail survey (64.2 % response rate). Area SES was indicated by the proportion of households in each area earning less than $AUS 400 per week, and individual-level socio-economic position was measured using education, occupation and household...

Over the last 20 years, the use of administrative data has become central to understanding pupil attainment and school performance. Of most importance has been its use to robustly demonstrate the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on pupil attainment. Much of this analysis in England and Wales has relied on whether pupils are eligible for free school meals (eFSM). However, very little is kno...

OBJECTIVE Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased psychosocial stress among low-income persons, which could contribute to differences in activity of the HPA axis (assessed by diurnal cortisol profiles). The current article investigates associations of SES from different developmental stages with cortisol profiles. METHODS Using data from a large, socioeconomically diverse ...

Neuroscientific and psychological research on moral development has until now developed independently, referring to distinct theoretical models, contents, and methods. In particular, the influence of socio-economic and cultural factors on morality has been broadly investigated by psychologists but as yet has not been investigated by neuroscientists. The value of bridging these two areas both th...

BACKGROUND Observational data on sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young are scarce, but the SCD incidence of this study is to examine regional differences in SCD incidence within a population among young individuals (<40 years) and to assess whether regional incidences are associated with socio-economic status (SES ). METHODS SCD cases aged <40 years were identified in 12 provinces of the Ne...

Large racial and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in health persist in the United States. In this chapter, we summarize empirical evidence that suggests that promising interventions exist to address the prominent features of these social inequalities in health in the United States. Research indicates that conditions of life linked to SES and geographic location are important drivers of so...

OBJECTIVE Self-rated health (SRH) is an independent, strong predictor of morbidity and mortality. Socio-economic status (SES) is strongly associated with SRH. This study investigated the relationship between SES and SRH outcomes in a sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Canada. METHODS Both generic preference-based [Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) and Short Form 6D (SF-6D...

BACKGROUND Social changes and economic development are associated with obesity epidemic. This study is to investigate the trends of socio-economic disparity in obesity from 2002 to 2010 in a Chinese population experiencing the world's fastest economic development. METHODS Four standardized surveys were conducted in a population of 85 million residents in Guangdong, China between 2002 and 2010...