An empirical analysis of White privilege, social position and health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-160

  Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Neighborhood; Social position; Socioeconomic status; White privilege; Whites European Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DENTAL HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AWARENESS; BLACK PERSON; ETHNICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADULT; BOSTON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

BLACK POPULATION; ETHNICITY; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904889507     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.041     Document Type: Article

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