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Age variation in the relationship between community socioeconomic status and adult health
Author(s)	Stephanie A Robert, Lydia W Li
Journal title	Research on Ageing, vol 23, no 2, March 2001
Pages	pp 233-258
Keywords	Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Life span ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Research demonstrating tes socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in health are smaller at older ages often considers only individual SES measures (e.g. income, education) but not community SES measures (e.g. community poverty rate). This study uses two US national surveys of adults: the Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) study, and the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study. Each is matched with census data about respondents' communities, to examine whether the association between community SES and individual health is stronger at consecutively older age groups. This association is non-existent or weak during younger adulthood, stronger in the middle-aged, strongest at ages 60 to 69, and weak again at age 70 and over. Community SES should be considered as an important dimension of SES when exploring the impact of SES on health over the life course. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010723211 A
Classmark	F:W: CC: BG6: 3F: 7T
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