Open AccessIncome Inequality and Socioeconomic Gradients in Mortality
Author(s) -
Richard G. Wilkinson,
Kate E. Pickett
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.109637
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , economic inequality , inequality , mortality rate , health equity , demography , population , income distribution , population health , demographic economics , economics , geography , socioeconomics , health care , sociology , economic growth , mathematics , mathematical analysis
We investigated whether the processes underlying the association between income inequality and population health are related to those responsible for the socioeconomic gradient in health and whether health disparities are smaller when income differences are narrower.