Title |
Relative deprivation and mortality – a longitudinal study in a Swedish population of 4,7 million, 1990–2006
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-664 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Monica Åberg Yngwe, Naoki Kondo, Sara Hägg, Ichiro Kawachi |
Abstract |
Relative deprivation has previously been discussed as a possible mechanism underlying the income-health relation. The idea is that income matters to the individual's health, over and above the increased command over resources, as the basis of social comparisons between a person and his or her reference group. The following study aimed to analyze the role of individual-level relative deprivation for all-cause mortality in the Swedish population. The Swedish context, characterized by relatively small income inequalities and promoting values as egalitarianism and equality, together with a large data material provide unique possibilities for analyzing the hypothesized mechanism. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Sweden | 5 | 29% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
Canada | 1 | 6% |
Czechia | 1 | 6% |
Japan | 1 | 6% |
United States | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 6 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 15 | 88% |
Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
India | 1 | 2% |
United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 46 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 11 | 22% |
Researcher | 9 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 10% |
Unknown | 12 | 24% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
Other | 7 | 14% |
Unknown | 14 | 29% |