A growing body of research suggests that inequality can be stressful for all within a society. We consider this assertion by exploring whether there is evidence physiological stress responses to different income and conditions in hypothetical The combined effect groups on cardiovascular reactivity was assessed while participants engaged purchasing decisions. study included 102 participants, 84 ...

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments have encouraged and ordered citizens practice social distancing, particularly by working studying at home. Intuitively, only a subset of people ability remote work. However, there has been little research on disparity mobility adaptation across different income groups in US cities during pandemic. The authors worked fi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Low socioeconomic status has been linked to high incidence of stroke in industrialized countries; therefore, reducing socioeconomic disparities is an important goal of health policy. The evidence on migrant groups is, however, limited and inconsistent. We assessed socioeconomic inequalities in relation to stroke incidence among major ethnic groups in the Netherlands. ME...

OBJECTIVE To compare preference for long-acting contraception (LARC) and subsequent use, year-long continuation, and pregnancy among women after induced abortion who were and were not eligible to participate in a specialized funding program that provided LARC at no cost. METHODS Between October 2014 and March 2016, we conducted a prospective study of abortion patients at Planned Parenthood in...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported that socioeconomically disadvantaged Australians have poorer self-rated dental health (SRDH), are less likely to be insured for dental services and are less likely to have regular dental visits than their more advantaged counterparts. However, less is known about the associations between dental insurance and SRDH. The aim of this study was to examine th...

In terms of changes in the incomes of age groups, the 1984-89 period was very different from the periods that immediately preceded it. This summary focuses on changes for aged family units. During the 1984-89 period, the rate of growth of real median income of aged units was substantially lower than in other subperiods since 1967, the first year for which comparable detailed estimates are avail...

Background: The fair wage to specialist physicians and nurses can enhance their job motivation, quality of work, job satisfaction level, and improve the delivery of services to patients. The present study aimed to compare the proportion of changes in earnings of specialist physicians and nurses before and after implementing the Iran’s New Tariffs Book and compare their average income with...