This talk is by Marie Hella Lindberg, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
There is a consistent finding that the higher the socioeconomic position, the better the health outcomes. Choosing the indicator of socioeconomic position is crucial in analysing and understanding socioeconomic inequalities in health. However, the choice of socioeconomic position indicator is often poorly motivated, which hampers the comparability and interpretability across studies and settings. This talk will highlight the differences between various indicators of socioeconomic position and their importance in studying inequalities in health.
Additional educational resources
Galobardes B, Shaw M, Lawlor DA, et al. Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2006;60:7-12. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.023531
Galobardes B, Shaw M, Lawlor DA, et al. Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 2). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2006;60:95-101. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.028092
Howe LD, Galobardes B, Matijasevich A, Gordon D, Johnston D, Onwujekwe O, Patel R, Webb EA, Lawlor DA, Hargreaves JR. Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low-and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper. International journal of epidemiology. 2012 Jun 1;41(3):871-86. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys037
Demakakos P, Nazroo J, Breeze E, Marmot M. Socioeconomic status and health: the role of subjective social status. Social science & medicine. 2008 Jul 1;67(2):330-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.038
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