Social mobility: Evidence that it can widen health inequalities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1835-1842

  Boyle, Paul J ^a   Norman, Paul ^b   Popham, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation mobility; England and Wales; Gradient constraint; Social mobility; UK; Widening health inequalities

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; WALES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249103994     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.051     Document Type: Article

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