BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little research has been conducted to examine the effect of inconsistencies in socioeconomic status on cardiovascular health. In particular, no studies have been reported in Asian countries, including Japan, which is thought to have high socioeconomic status inconsistency among women. METHODS We examined the effect of status inconsistency between education level and occ...

This paper is about the analysis of effects of status inconsistency and mobility on a dependent variable. We compare the mainstream square additive baseline model to alternative designs by Hope (1971, 1975) and Sobel (1981, 1985). Both writers claim that the square additive baseline model also contains some status inconsistency effects. An examination of the relationships between the square add...

BACKGROUND Social inequalities in cardiovascular diseases are well documented. Yet, the relation of social status inconsistency (having different ranks in two or more status indicators like education, occupational position or income) and medical conditions of heart or vessels is not clear. Status inconsistency (SI) is assumed to be stressful, and the association of psychosocial distress and hea...

IN THIS report we shall examine the findings which relate an interview-based index of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to diverse forms of status inconsistency. We shall begin by presenting briefly the theoretical rationale which justifies our interest in this rather complex concept and a few studies will be cited to illustrate its empirical usefulness. Next, the measurement procedures will be describ...