Exploring relative deprivation: Is social comparison a mechanism in the relation between income and health?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1463-1473

  Åberg Yngwe, Monica ^a,b   Fritzell, Johan ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^b,c   Burström, Bo ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Income; Reference groups; Relative deprivation; Self rated health; Sweden

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION; REDUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SELF CONCEPT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0042060940     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00541-5     Document Type: Article

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