SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-13: Gini Coefficient, Urban Decay, Socialized Medicine
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Lifestyle: excessive substance abuse, lack of exercise, social isolation (unmarried, widowed, depression) Prohibition on blood transfusions due to religious beliefs. Environmental racism: placement of low income or minority communities in proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as toxic waste, pollution and urban decay. High stress and inability to cope: lower standards of housing, stress about money, may lead to violence, mental illness, cannot take a vacation to relieve stress. Developmental differences: more to do with inequality at the start of life (in the womb), malnutrition during pregnancy, don"t have good nutrition, smoking and drinking while pregnant. Education: lack of educational material (don"t know what good prenatal health looks like) Gini coefficient: a measure of economic disparity, level of inequality in society (how big is the gap between rich and poor) Gini coefficient of 0: perfect equality (no place has this) Gini coefficient 1: maximum inequality (no place has this) Worldwide gini coeffient is close to 1.
