Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Old Age Security, Human Capital, Parental Leave
13 Feb 2017
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Examine the impact of inequities on health. Gain and understanding of the impact of poverty on health. Examine the intersection of income with other sdoh (gender, race, etc: important to remember for group presentations. The growing gap (rich get richer and the poor get poorer: change to our class system based on income, referring to the disappearance of a class (middle class is getting eroded) Looking for trends/patterns: income is higher out west than east possibly because of oil and trade (fisheries) Canada is different from what canadian think it is and far from what they think it should be. The poorest 20% do not control any wealth and are in fact in debt (-0. 1%) Income: how much money you make on a regular basis, for work or through investments. Wealth: an abundance of valuable possessions or money (assets subtract debts)
