My topic this afternoon is the link between family income and the well-being of children. While it is easy to document the better health and higher achievement of children who have grown up in richer as opposed to poorer families, it is much harder to isolate the causal impact of income itself. Children growing up in higher income families are advantaged in many other ways, including having par...

BACKGROUND In high income countries, low socioeconomic status (SES) is related to unhealthier dietary patterns, while evidence on the social patterning of diet in low and middle income countries is scarce. OBJECTIVE In this study, we assess dietary patterns in the general population of a middle income country in the African region, the Republic of Seychelles, and examine their distribution ac...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown associations between higher income and better health, but income has not been studied in relation to neck pain. The aims of this cohort study were to assess the sex-specific role of disposable income for onset and prognosis of neck pain in the general population and if economic stress influences such potential associations. METHODS Two subcohorts were identified ...

The relationship between socioeconomic factors and hospital use is not well understood in the Canadian context. We used the 1991 Canada census and 1990-92 Ontario hospital discharge abstracts for residents of southeast Toronto to calculate crude and age-sex adjusted rates of hospital admission, bed days, and costs by quintile of low-income households. Population-based rates of admission to hosp...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic conditions are not only related to poor health outcomes, they also contribute to the chances of recovery from stroke. This study examines whether income and education were predictors of return to work after a first stroke among persons aged 40-59. METHODS All first-stroke survivors aged 40-59 who were discharged from a hospital in 1996-2000 and who had received income...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Socioeconomic status is inversely associated with mortality after stroke; however, the reasons behind this finding are not well-understood. We undertook a study to determine whether posthospitalization care and medication adherence vary with neighborhood income. METHODS We conducted a cohort study of 11 050 patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack admi...

Background We investigated the association between socioeconomic status and adherence to health check-ups in a Korean population aged 40 years or older. Methods This cross-sectional study included 12,311 participants who participated in the 2010-2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Self-reported questionnaires were used to assess each participant's socioeconomic statu...

One potential consequence of rising concentration of income at the top of the distribution is increased borrowing, as less affluent households attempt to maintain standards of living with less income. This paper explores the “keeping up with the Joneses” phenomenon using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances. Specifically, it examines the responsiveness of payment-toincome ratios for differ...

Income inequality is an important economic issue faced by most of the developed and developing countries. Many attempts have been made to identify a link between economic growth and income inequality in the past. However, the literature is not conclusive about the relationship between economic development and income inequality. This study attempts to analyze the factors responsible for income i...

Health care provision in Ireland has developed into a complex mixture of public and private provision. The extent of fee paying within the system and strong differentiation between public and private patients has led many to question the degree to which the delivery of health care across those with different financial means is equitable. This paper analyses the extent of equity of health servic...