The dynamics of income and neighborhood context for population health: Do long-term measures of socioeconomic status explain more of the black/white health disparity than single-point-in-time measures?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1368-1375

  Do, D Phuong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Neighborhood effects; Racial health disparities; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149089850     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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