PSYC 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Inequality, Social Darwinism, Socioeconomic Status
19 Mar 2013
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Social darwinism- innate inferiority, not social injustice, causes ill health. 1977- investigated social inequalities in health: created the black report (named after sir douglas black, unskilled manual workers (social class v) had poorer health status, professionals (social class i) had higher health status. Uk- number of individuals rose from 15% to 24% from 81" to 94: approx. Indicators of inequality in uk: richest people have increased their share of total income. Richest 1% increased share of income from 6% to 13: unequal distribution of wealth is increasing, life expectancy increased overall but more rapidly for social class i. Us estimates an increase from 11. 3% (2000) to 12. 5% (2003) Life expectancy in lower social classes is lower than those in higher social classes. Death gradient = mortality: continuous throughout the range of economic variation. Socio-economic status (ses) most significant factor of health in rich countries: defined by occupation, education and income.
