Open AccessHousehold income and health status in children and adolescents in Britain
Author(s) -
Eric Emerson,
Hilary Graham,
Chris Hatton
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki200
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , odds , inequality , household income , demography , social class , environmental health , medicine , logistic regression , geography , population , economics , sociology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , market economy
Mortality, health, and well-being across the lifespan are associated with socioeconomic position (typically operationalised as occupational status). There is some evidence that adolescence represents a period of 'relative equalisation' of health inequalities. Our aim was to examine the association between inequalities in household income and health in childhood and adolescence.