Measuring the habitat as an indicator of socioeconomic position: methodology and its association with hypertension.

ABSTRACT: STUDY OBJECTIVES:(1) to develop an indicator of socioeconomic position based on the social standing of the habitat (SSH), that is, the residential building, its immediate surroundings, and local neighbourhood; (2) to assess the relation of SSH to two usual markers of socioeconomic position (education and occupation) and a known, socially determined health outcome (hypertension). DESIGN:Population survey measuring SSH, detailed educational and occupational histories, and blood pressure. The SSH is a standardised assessment of the external and internal aspects of someone's building (or house), and of the characteristics of its immediate surroundings and local neighbourhood. SETTING:A sample of participants to the Bus Santé survey between 1993 and 1998, in Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS:58

SUBMITTER: Galobardes B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1732413 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature