Open AccessUnder capital’s thumb: longitudinal associations between relational social class and health
Author(s) -
Jerzy EisenbergGuyot,
Anjum Hajat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech-2019-213440
Subject(s) - social class , socioeconomic status , self rated health , mental illness , medicine , social capital , mental health , hazard , demographic economics , gerontology , psychiatry , environmental health , population , economics , sociology , market economy , social science , chemistry , organic chemistry
We used a relational social-class measure based on property ownership and managerial authority to analyse the longitudinal relationships between class, self-rated health (SRH) and mental illness. To our knowledge, this is the first study using a relational social-class measure to evaluate these relationships longitudinally.