SOCI 425 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cortisol, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypothesis
15 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3: the social demography of health: social class. To be poor is by definition to have less of the good things in life, including health and longevity. The wealthy are healthier and live longer on average than the poor. It is a sociological fact that the further down one goes in the social structure of a society, the worse health of people on that rung of the social ladder. Socioeconomic status or social class is the strongest and most consistent predictor of a person"s health and life expectancy throughout the world. The explanatory of power of class position is evident when it interacts with these other variables (race, age, gender) to produce differences beyond those already produced. The components of social class: social class-a category or group of people who have approximately the same amount of wealth, status, and power in society.
