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| How does the prevalence of specific morbidities compare with measures of socio-economic status at small area level? | | Author(s) | Carol Saul, Nick Payne |
| Journal title | Journal of Public Health Medicine, vol 21, no 3, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 340-347 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Economic status [elderly] ; Demography ; Indicators ; Correlation ; Sheffield. |
| Annotation | Evidence from other studies show large, systematic differences between the health of social groups. The authors assess whether certain types of ill health show positive correlations with increasing socio-economic disadvantage, and whether some indicators of socio-economic disadvantage are better than others at predicting prevalence of specific morbidities at a population level. Results of a questionnaire sent to some 570 people aged 18-94 from each of Sheffield's 29 electoral wards were compared with socio-economic information from the 1991 Census. There was substantial variation in the degree to which various illnesses were related to the socio-economic variables. Long-term limiting illness, respiratory conditions and depression had high correlations of +0.8 or more. Cardiovascular conditions were less related (r= +0.6 to +0.79). Household characteristics such as car ownership and single parent households were most associated, whereas lack of amenities such as a bath or central heating were least related to morbidity measures. Some areas of morbidity show strong associations with socio-economic disadvantage, but other show only modest or no relationship. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991104211 A |
| Classmark | CH: F:W: S8: 3RI: 49: 85C |
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