Assessing alternative measures of wealth in health research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 939-947

  Cubbin, Catherine ^a   Pollack, Craig ^b   Flaherty, Brian ^c   Hayward, Mark ^a   Sania, Ayesha ^d   Vallone, Donna ^e   Braveman, Paula ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954578684     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.194175     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Pollack CE, Chideya S, Cubbin C,Williams B, Braveman PA. Should health studies measure wealth? A systematic review. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33(3):250-264. (Pubitemid 47362558)
2. Braveman PA, Cubbin C, Egerter S, et al. Socioeconomic status in health research: one size does not fit all. JAMA. 2005;294(22):2879-2888. (Pubitemid 41785869)
3. Allin S, Masseria S, Mossialos E. Measuring socioeconomic differences in use of health care services by wealth versus by income. Am J Public Health. 2009; 99(10):1849-1855.
4. Avendano M, Glymour MM. Stroke disparities in older Americans: Is wealth a more powerful indicator of risk than income and education? Stroke. 2008;39(5): 1533-1540.
5. Lee SJ, Sudore RL, Williams BA, Lindquist K, Chen HL, Covinsky KE. Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(6):955-962.
6. Robert SA, Cherepanov D, Palta M, Dunham NC, Feeny D, Fryback DG. Socioeconomic status and age variations in health-related quality of life: Results from the national health measurement study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009;64(3):378-389.
7. Mossakowski KN. Dissecting the influence of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on mental health in young adulthood. Res Aging. 2008;30(6):649-671.
8. Kennickell AB. What is the difference? Evidence on the distribution of wealth, health, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage. Stat Med. 2008;27(20):3927-3940.
9. Nepomnyaschy L. Socioeconomic gradients in infant health across race and ethnicity. Matern Child Health J. 2009;13(6):720-731.
10. Tucker-Seeley RD, Subramanian SV, Li Y, Sorensen G. Neighborhood safety, socioeconomic status, and physical activity in older adults. Am J Prev Med. 2009; 37(3):207-213.
11. Zimmerman FJ, Katon W. Socioeconomic status, depression disparities, and financial strain: What lies behind the income-depression relationship? Health Econ. 2005;14(12):1197-1215. (Pubitemid 43013603)
12. Braveman PA, Cubbin C, Marchi KS, Egerter S, Chavez GF. Measuring socioeconomic status/position in studies of racial/ethnic disparities: Maternal and infant health. Public Health Rep. 2001;116(5):449-463. (Pubitemid 34579071)
13. Kim S, Egerter S, Cubbin C, Takahashi E, Braveman PA. Potential implications of missing income data in population-based surveys: An example from a postpartum survey in California. Public Health Rep. 2007;122(6):753-763.
14. Idler EL, Benyamini Y. Self-rated health and mortality: A review of twenty-seven community studies. J Health Soc Behav. 1997;38(1):21-37. (Pubitemid 127454450)
15. Conley D, Ryvicker M. The price of female headship: gender, inheritance, and wealth accumulation in the United States. J Income Distribution. 2004-2005;13(3-4):41-56. (Pubitemid 44021950)
16. Oliver ML, Shapiro TM. Black Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality. New York, NY: Routledge; 1997.
17. Scholz JK, Levine KUS. Black-White wealth inequality. In: Neckerman K, ed. Social Inequality. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation; 2004:895-929.