The Conscientiousness (C) of the self and significant others influences health by way of
mediational chains involving socioeconomic attainment, the avoidance and neutralization of …

Social scientists and public health researchers have long known that social position is
related to health and that socioeconomic inequalities in health persist in later life …

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age
as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the …

A number of studies have demonstrated wide disparities in health among racial/ethnic
groups and by gender, yet few have examined how race/ethnicity and gender intersect or …

This article seeks to elucidate the relationship between socioeconomic position and health
by showing how different facets of socioeconomic position (education and income) affect …

The cumulative advantage hypothesis predicts that the adulthood rate of decline in health
differs across levels of education in a manner that progressively enlarges the health gap …

Objectives. This study examines adjustment to retirement by couples. For both older workers
and their partners, we investigate the extent to which adjustment is influenced by the context …

The cumulative advantage hypothesis suggests diverging socioeconomic status (SES)
based gaps in health with age. However, previous studies yield inconsistent findings …

Although the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health is well-
established in Western industrialized countries, few studies have examined this association …

Background Individuals with a low socioeconomic status (SES) may have a greater mortality
rate from out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) than those with a high SES. We explored …