A case control study was conducted to test the hypothesis that socioeconomic status is positively associated with multiple myeloma incidence. One hundred and fifty-three myeloma cases and 459 controls were identified at the Duke University Medical Center at Durham, North Carolina. Study members were interviewed regarding indicators of socioeconomic status. The association of myeloma with family...

Socioeconomic position Resources, material and others, within virtually all human societies are unequally distributed. The ability of an individual to access resources is strongly related to their position within the social hierarchy of that society. Following the theoretical framework of Weber, the position within the social hierarchy (socioeconomic position) can be seen as being determined by...

People are increasingly leaving digital traces of their daily activities through interacting with their digital environment. Among these traces, financial transactions are of paramount interest since they provide a panoramic view of human life through the lens of purchases, from food and clothes to sport and travel. Although many analyses have been done to study the individual preferences based...

a r t i c l e i n f o Research on educational outcomes conceptualizes socioeconomic condition as a multidimensional construct. Quantitative empirical investigations are generally based on single, composite indicators. However, the use of single, composite indicators does not reveal what mechanisms determine inequalities. We use multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and alignment optimization ...

BACKGROUND The health and socioeconomic outcomes from being a caregiver are well described. In contrast, the long-term trajectories of caring undertaken by women, and the demographic, socioeconomic status, health status and health behaviour characteristics associated with these trajectories is not well known. METHODS The data were from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Part...