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Education, income, and occupational class cannot be used interchangeably in social epidemiology. Empirical evidence against a common practice

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2006 · Vol. 60(9) · pp. 804–810

Siegfried Geyer✉(Medizinische Hochschule Hannover)Örjan Hemström(Karolinska Institutet)Richard Peter(Universität Ulm)Denny Vågerö(Karolinska Institutet)

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Abstract

Education, income, and occupational class cannot be used interchangeably as indicators of a hypothetical latent social dimension. Although correlated, they measure different phenomena and tap into different causal mechanisms.

Health disparities and outcomes Employment and Welfare Studies Health, psychology, and well-beingMedicineSocial classDemographyEpidemiologySocial determinants of healthPopulationGerontologyPublic healthEnvironmental healthInternal medicine

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AdultCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes MellitusEducational StatusFemaleGermanyHumansIncomeMaleMiddle AgedMorbidityMyocardial InfarctionOccupationsSocial ClassSweden

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