Social status and health
Absolute Deprivation or Relative Comparison, or Both
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3663531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerry Veenstra (0000-0001-6917-3784, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-134 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/hesr.14.2.121 |
| OpenAlex | W2071568500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 25 |
While conceptualizing status hierarchies represents a challenge to social theorists, the task is doubly difficult for health researchers exploring status and health inequalities. Are the status hierarchies most strongly related to health adequately assessed by socio-economic status, for example, income and educational attainment? Do the various status hierarchies have conceptually and empirically distinct relationships with one another and health? To what degree does standing in objective status hierarchies, influence health above and beyond perceptions of relative standing, and vice versa? This article utilizes original survey data from the Canadian province of British Columbia to test the applicability of the materialist explanation (focused on absolute deprivation and objective status hierarchies), and the psychosocial explanation (focused on perceptions of relative comparison), for relationships between social status and health.Key Words: Sociologysocioeconomic statusabsolute deprivationrelative comparisonselfrated job statusself-assessed social class
Epistemology · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Relative deprivation · Social deprivation · Social science · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Relative deprivation and social anxiety among Chinese migrant children
Are stress-related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality
Does Subjective Social Status Predict Self-Rated Health in Chinese Adults and Why
The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health
Relation between income inequality and mortality
Income inequality and mortality
The shape of the relationship between income and mortality in the United States
Health, Hierarchy, and Social Anxiety
Socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular disease
Social class disparities in risk factors for disease
Socioeconomic Status and Health
Income Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Health
Socioeconomic determinants of health
Deeper than “neoliberalism”. A reply to David Coburn
Inequality and the social environment
Self-Rated Health and Mortality
What Health Tells Us About Society
Social capital—Is it a good investment strategy for public health
Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countries
Self-rated health and mortality in the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study
Self-rated health
Social inequalities in health
Socio-economic Position, Gender and Health
Income and health
Income inequality and health
Income inequality and population health
Socioeconomic Status Differences in Vulnerability to Undesirable Life Events
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |