Class and Health: Research and Longitudinal Data

ISBN-13: 9781032257082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 234 str.

Richard G. Wilkinson

Opis

Originally published in 1986, this book discusses issues such as social class differences in health; the effect of unemployment on health; the relationship between income and health; how much of the class differences in death rates can be explained in terms of medically recognized factors.

Spis treści

1. Socio-economic differences in mortality: interpreting the data on their size and trends R. G Wilkinson 2. Social Inequalities in Mortality: The Social Environment M. G. Marmot 3. Social Class Mortality Differentials: Artefact, Selection or Life Circumstances? A. J. Fox, P. O. Goldblatt and D. R. Jones 4. Serious Illness in Childhood and Its Association with Later-Life Achievement M. E J. Wadsworth 5. Unemployment and Mortality in the OPCS Longitudinal Study K. A. Moser, A. J. Fox, and D. R. Jones 6. Income and Mortality R. G. Wilkinson 7. Inequalities in Health and Health Care: A Research Agenda J. Le Grand 8. Longitudinal Studies in Britain Relevant to Inequalities in Health M. Blaxter.

O autorze

Richard Wilkinson