Social class, health and aging: Socioeconomic determinants of self-reported morbidity among the noninstitutionalized elderly in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Cairney, John ^a   Arnold, Robert ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029812336     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Antonovosky A. Social class, life expectancy and overall mortality. Milbank Memorial Fund Q 1967;54(2):31-73.
2. Feinstein JS. The relationship between socioeconomic status and health: A review of the literature. Milbank Q 1993;71(2):279-322.
3. Wigle DT, Mao Y. Mortality by Income Level in Urban Canada. Ottawa: Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, 1980.
4. Wilkins R, Adams OB. Health expectancy in Canada, late 1970's: Demographic, regional & social dimensions. Am J Public Health 1983;73(9):1073-80.
5. Millar WJ. Sex differentials in mortality by income level in urban Canada. Can J Public Health 1983;74(5):329-34.
6. Hay DI. Socioeconomic status and health status: A study of males in the Canada Health Survey. Soc Sci Med 1988;27(12):1317-25.
7. Victor CR. Inequalities in health in old age. Age and Ageing 1989;18:387-91.
8. House JS, Kessler RC, Herzog AR, et al. Social stratification, age, and health. In. Schaie KW, Blazer D, House JS, Eds., Aging, Health Behaviours, and Health Outcomes. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992;1-32.
9. Olausson PO. Mortality among the elderly in Sweden by social class. Soc Sci Med 1991;32(4):437-40.
10. Arber S, Ginn J. Gender and inequalities in health in later life. Soc Sci Med 1993;36(1):33-46.
11. Thorslund M, Lundberg O. Health and inequalities among the oldest old. J Aging and Health 1994;6(1):51-69.
12. Hirdes JP, Brown SK, Forbes WF, et al The association between self-reported income and perceived health based on the Longitudinal Study of Aging. Can J Aging 1986;5(3):188-204.
13. Hirdes JP, Forbes WF. Estimates of the relative risk of mortality based on the Ontario Longitudinal Study of Aging. Can J Aging 1989;8(3):227-37.
14. Forbes WF, Hayward LM, Agwani N. Factors associated with the prevalence of various self-reported impairments among older people residing in the community. Can J Public Health 1991;82(4):240-44.
15. House JS, Kessler RC, Herzog AR, et al. Age, socioeconomic status and health. Milbank Q 1990;68(3):383-411.
16. Williams DR. Socioeconomic differentials in health: A review and reditection. Soc Psychol Q 1990;53:81-99.
17. Stern J. Social mobility and the interpretation of social class mortality differentials. J Soc Policy 1983;12:27-49.
18. Dohrenwend BP, Levav I, Shrout PE, et al. Socioeconomic status and psychiatric disorders: The causation-selection issue. Science 1992;255:946-52.
19. Wilkinson RG. Occupational class, selection and inequalities in health: A reply to Raymond Illsley. Q J Soc Affairs 1986;2(4):415-22.
20. Lundberg O. Causal explanations for class inequality in health - An empirical analysis. Soc Sci Med 1991;32(4):385-93.
21. Blane D, Smith GD, Bartley M. Social selection: What does it contribute to social class differences in health? Sociol Health Illness 1993;15(1):1-15.
22. Croog SH, Levine S. Religious identity and response to serious illness: A report on heart patients. Soc Sci Med 1972;6:17-32.
23. Zuckerman DM, Kasl SV, Ostfeld A. Psychosocial predictors of mortality among the elderly poor. Am J Epidemiol 1984;119(3):410-23.
24. Townsend P, Davidson N. Inequalities in Health. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1982.
25. Whitehead M. The Health Divide. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992.
26. Townsend P, Phillimore P, Beattie A. Health and Deprivation. London: Croom Helm, 1988.
27. Blaxter M. Health and Lifestyles. London: Routledge, 1990.
28. Abramson JH, Gofin R, Habib J, et al. Indicators of social class: A comparative appraisal of measures from use in epidemiological studies. Soc Sci Med 1982;16:1739-46.
29. Hay DI. An explication of the relationship between income and health status. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1992. PhD Thesis.