Theory driven analysis of social class and health outcomes using UK nationally representative longitudinal data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social class is frequently used as a means of ranking the population to expose inequalities in health, but less often as a means of understanding the social processes of causation. We explored how effectively different social class mechanisms could be measured by longitudinal cohort data and whether those measures were able to explain health outcomes.

Methods

Using a theoretically informed approach, we sought to map variables within the National Child Development Study (NCDS) to five different social class mechanisms: social background and early life circumstances; habitus and distinction; exploitation and domination; location within market relations; and power relations. Associations between the SF-36 physical, emotional and general health outcomes at age 50 year

SUBMITTER: Wami W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594287 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature