Absolute and Relative Socioeconomic Health Inequalities across Age Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The magnitude of socioeconomic health inequalities differs across age groups. It is less clear whether socioeconomic health inequalities differ across age groups by other factors that are known to affect the relation between socioeconomic position and health, like the indicator of socioeconomic position, the health outcome, gender, and as to whether socioeconomic health inequalities are measured in absolute or in relative terms. The aim is to investigate whether absolute and relative socioeconomic health inequalities differ across age groups by indicator of socioeconomic position, health outcome and gender.

Methods

The study sample was derived from the baseline measurement of the LifeLines Cohort Study and consisted of 95,432 participants. Socioeconomic position w

SUBMITTER: van Zon SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4696790 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature