FRHD 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Pertussis, Housing Tenure, Mackenbach

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3090
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Chapter 10 - poverty, social exclusion, and minorities. Those who are worse off socio-economically have worse health. Not only the case that the poorest in society have poor health, but a gradient of ill health and mortality spans all socio-economic strata. This gradient can be found across the industrialized world, although the strength of the relationship varies somewhat between different countries, for different age groups, by the health measures used, and for men and women. Variations in life expectancy by social class continue to be found. England- all mortality fell in all class over the study period, a consistent class gradient is apparent for both males and females. For males, the social class gap in morality widened, whereas for females the social class gradient narrowed slightly. In britain, alternative socio-economic measures, such as housing tenure and access to a car are often used as indicators of social position.