Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/13475
Title: Socio-economic inequality in health: Individual- and area- level measures of socio-economic position
Authors: Middleton, Nicos 
Ellina, Panayiota 
Zannoupas, George 
Lamnisos, Demetris 
Kouta, Christiana 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Field Category: Health Sciences
Keywords: Socio-economic inequality;Health
Issue Date: 2018
Source: Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology: Social, Ecological, and Cultural Perspectives, 2018, Pages 129-170
Abstract: Socioeconomic position (SEP) refers to the relative place an individual or a social group holds within the structure of society. SEP is determined by a multitude of factors, from individual and household circumstances across the life course to social processes operating at higher levels. Even though a complex construct, it is often operationalized using single person-based indicators and/or subjective measures of an individual’s own perceived position in the social ladder. Furthermore, recognizing that social stratification is geographically defined, area-based measures place a community in the socioeconomic disadvantage continuum and are used to quantify the magnitude of geographically defined social inequalities Data driven approaches have been mostly used to construct socioeconomic deprivation indices, commonly using census-based indicators which reflect the sociodemographical compositions of areas. Increasingly, a wider set of methods are been used to capture features of a community’s environment pertaining to the physical, built and social environment.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/13475
ISBN: 978-019049290-8
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190492908.003.0006
Rights: © Oxford Press
Type: Book Chapter
Affiliation : Cyprus University of Technology 
European University Cyprus 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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