The neo-material model may explain the link between poverty and disease better than other models. The neo-material model states that the infrastructure of the material world contributes to health inequalities just as much if not more than individual income. In the US, income inequality is associated with unemployment, health insurance, social welfare, work disability, and… Continue reading Income inequality and mortality: importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions
Keyword: Poverty_Health Aspects
Cumulative impact of sustained economic hardship on physical, cognitive, psychological, and social function
People whose income is chronically below the federal poverty level during their adult life seem to have significantly more problems in old age. Researchers surveyed 1,124 people with an average age of 63-65 in 1994 who had also been surveyed in 1965, 1974 and 1983. Those whose income was less than 200% of the federal… Continue reading Cumulative impact of sustained economic hardship on physical, cognitive, psychological, and social function
Childhood and adult socioeconomic status as predictors of mortality in Finland
Summary Research has suggested that social-class differences in adult health may be at least partly determined by conditions earlier in life. In 2636 Finnish men, we assessed impact of childhood and adult socioeconomic conditions on adult mortality risk by examining whether differing socioeconomic lifecourses from early childhood to adulthood were associated with different risks of… Continue reading Childhood and adult socioeconomic status as predictors of mortality in Finland