The Rising Significance of Education for Health?

Autor/in	Goesling, Brian
Titel	The Rising Significance of Education for Health?
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 85 (2007) 4, S.1621-1644 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Health Conditions; Graduate Surveys; Educational Status Comparison; Age Differences; National Surveys; Data Interpretation; Critical Theory; Trend Analysis; Multiple Regression Analysis; Economic Impact; National Health Interview Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Soziokultureller Vergleich; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Kritische Theorie; Trendanalyse; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	Research on inequality in America shows evidence of a growing social and economic divide between college graduates and people without college degrees. This article examines whether disparities in health between education groups have also recently increased. Pooled cross-sectional regression analyses of data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) show that educational disparities in self-reported health status increased from 1982 to 2004 among older adults but held relatively steady or narrowed among younger adults. Sensitivity analyses show that the trends do not totally or primarily reflect change in the demographic composition of education groups. The trend of increasing disparities among older adults might reflect large and growing educational disparities in economic resources, health-promoting behaviors, or the use of health services and medical technology. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10