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Using multiple measures of inequalities to study the time trends in social inequalities in smoking

Author(s) -

Rana Charafeddine,

Stefaan Demarest,

Johan Van der Heyden,

J. Tafforeau,

Herman Van Oyen

Publication year - 2012

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/cks083

Subject(s) - inequality , index (typography) , social inequality , population , demography , mathematics , econometrics , sociology , mathematical analysis , world wide web , computer science

The time trends in social inequalities in smoking have been examined in a number of international publications; however, these studies have rarely used multiple measures of health inequalities simultaneously. Also the analytical approach used often did not account, as recommended, for the changes in the relative distribution of social groups and the changes in the absolute level of the health outcome within social groups.

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