Development of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research's socioeconomic status index for use in the network's sites in low and lower middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health globally and an important explanatory variable to assess causality in epidemiological research. The 10th Sustainable Development Goal is to reduce disparities in SES that impact health outcomes globally. It is easier to study SES in high-income countries because household income is representative of the SES. However, it is well recognized that income is poorly reported in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC) and is an unreliable indicator of SES. Therefore, there is a need for a robust index that will help to discriminate the SES of rural households in a pooled dataset from LMIC.

Methods

The study was nested in the population-based Maternal and Neonatal Health Registry of the Global Network for W

SUBMITTER: Patel AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature