SOCI 3645 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Healthy Life Years, Whitehall Study, Disposable And Discretionary Income
1 Dec 2013
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Class, race, ethnicity, theories explaining these determinants, age and gender. Evidence: higher mortality of the lower classes (recorded since the 12th century), associational of low socioeconomic class with high incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases. In canada after 30+ years of universal health care a significant and consistent class factor remains associated with health outcomes. At population level (average neighbourhood incomes) directly related to life expectancy and morbidity/health; At household level (hhld income) the % of children with ill health decreases by half from the lowest to the highest household income group; At individual level (individual income) related through education to quality of life and health adjusted life expectancy. In every neighbourhood type women live longer than men and the class factor is still valid; but; slightly reversed pattern in men (further research needed to confirm validity) In all cases people with more education are likely to have better health outcomes.
