Open AccessMonitoring Inequities in Self-Rated Health Over the Life Course in Population Surveillance Systems
Author(s) -
Catherine R. Chittleborough,
Anne Taylor,
Fran Baum,
Janet E. Hiller
Publication year - 2009
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.2008.141713
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , life course approach , environmental health , disadvantage , health equity , social class , medicine , gerontology , cross sectional study , population , psychology , public health , demography , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , nursing , pathology , law
To investigate the effect of social mobility and to assess the use of socioeconomic indicators in monitoring health inequities over time, we examined the association of self-rated health with socioeconomic position over the life course.