The association between state income inequality and worse health is not confounded by race
Author(s) -
S. V. Subramanian,
Ichiro Kawachi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyg245
Subject(s) - demography , marital status , economic inequality , inequality , gini coefficient , personal income , population , health equity , socioeconomic status , self rated health , race (biology) , public health , medicine , economics , sociology , mathematics , gender studies , mathematical analysis , nursing , economic growth
The relationship between income inequality and health across US states has been challenged recently on grounds that this relationship may be confounded by the effect of racial composition, measured as the proportion of the state's population who are black.
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