Are stress‐related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality?
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | School of Public Health and Health Systems University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada, Centre Nutrition, Santé et Société (Centre NUTRISS), Pavillon des Services Université Laval École de Nutrition Laval Quebec Canada, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation Deakin University Melbourne Vic Australia, Faculty of Environment School of Planning University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada |
| ANO | 2022 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Sociology of Health and Illness |
| ISSN | 0141-9889 |
| E-ISSN | 1467-9566 |
| EDITORA | Sage Publications (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.13445 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
We explored socioeconomic gradients in self‐rated overall health (SROH) using indicators of materialist (educational attainment and perceived income adequacy) and psychosocial perspectives (subjective social status (SSS)) among adults living in countries with varying levels of income inequality, and the importance of psychosocial stress in mediating these associations. If psychosocial processes at the individual and societal levels correspond, associations between SSS and SROH should be higher among adults in countries with higher income inequality, and psychosocial stress should be a more important mediator of these associations. We used multigroup structural equation models to analyse cross‐sectional data from the International Food Policy Study of adults (n = 22,824) in Australia, Canada, Mexico, the UK and the United States. Associations between SSS and SROH were not higher in more unequal countries, nor was psychosocial stress a more important mediator of these associations. Inequities in SROH in more unequal countries may not predominantly reflect stress‐related pathways of social status differentiation.