COMPARISON OF POST-NATAL DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN OF UPPER, MIDDLE AND LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

In the absence of vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 governments had to respond by rely on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Socioeconomic inequalities likely influenced the uptake of NPIs. Using Norwegian survey data, we study whether income was associated with increased handwashing, keeping 1 m distance, using facemasks increased use of home office, and less use of public transportation. Except for using facemasks and less public transportation in a non-work context, all analyzed NPIs showed an independent positive association with income. Social disparities in NPI uptake may be important drivers of higher risks of disease outcomes for people of lower socioeconomic status.

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Is Fringe Baking A Component of Socially Determined Health?

American Journal of Health Studies ◽

10.47779/ajhs.2017.83 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Courtney L Hundley ◽

Richard W. Wilson ◽

John Chenault ◽

Jamie L. Smimble

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Health Status ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Health It ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Health Measures ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Level Data ◽

Indirect Association ◽

Zip Code

This was an exploratory study to assess the association between density of fringe lenders (e.g.payday) and health status. For Louisville, Kentucky, ZIP code level data on hospitalizations and mortalityrates as health measures were compared to fringe bank locations. We found lower socioeconomic status(SES) positively correlated with greater frequency of fringe banks; rates of illness appear to be higher in ZIPcodes with more fringe banks, but this finding was not statistically significant. In conclusion, neighbor-hoods between higher frequencies of fringe banks appear to have poorer health; it is premature to rule in orrule out a direct or indirect association between neighborhood presence of fringe banks, but there is enoughevidence to justify additional research to put any conclusions on a firmer footing.

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'Just do it': An analysis of accounts of control over health amongst lower socioeconomic status groups

Critical Public Health ◽

10.1080/0958159031000100170 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 15-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Bruce Bolam ◽

Darrin Hodgetts ◽

Kerry Chamberlain ◽

Simon Murphy ◽

Kate Gleeson

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Lower Socioeconomic

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Conceptions of poverty and wealth among schoolchildren

Psihologija ◽

10.2298/psi0302199m ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 199-215

Author(s):

Spomenka Miskovic

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Age Differences ◽

Group Affiliation ◽

Older Children ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Total N ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Life Styles ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Parental Level

This research attempts to explore conceptions of poverty and wealth typical for Belgrade schoolchildren in two different ages: 13,5 years and 17,5 years (total N=222). We identified the content and the structure of conceptions, as well as the age differences for every conception element. The criteria for identification that younger children used were: possessing, appearance, psychical characteristic and specific social group affiliation, while older children demonstrated social schemes of larger complexity and stated: general needs, evaluation of life, different ways of becoming rich or poor, describing life-styles. Relations between various explanations of poverty and wealth revealed the existence of one homogeneous structural component (blaming the system) as well as the presence of conditional non homogeneous individualistic one. Schoolchildren with higher socioeconomic status prefered individualistic (positive) explanations of wealth in comparison with children that had lower socioeconomic status. At the same time, we found no difference in using structuralistic explanations of poverty between schoolchildren who had different socioeconomic status. Parental level of education turned out to be irrelevant for social criticism.

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Association between socio-economic status and sexual behavior of adolescents

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo ◽

10.2298/sarh0706321v ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 135 (5-6) ◽

pp. 321-325 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Dejana Vukovic ◽

Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Sexual Behavior ◽

Sexual Behaviors ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Economic Status ◽

First Grade ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Introduction: Numerous studies have emphasized the importance of contextual factors as determinants of sexual behavior of adolescents. It has been found that lower socioeconomic status is associated with risky sexual behavior. Sexual behavior is individual but develops under strong influence of cultural and other influences. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of family?s socioeconomic status and risky sexual behavior of adolescents in Belgrade. Method. Self-administered questionnaire was used in secondary schools in Belgrade, and 1,782 adolescents attending first grade filled the questionnaire. For the analyses of predictors of risky sexual behavior, multiple logistic regression was used. Results. Parents? occupations did not show significant association with any of analyzed behaviors. Adolescents who received weekly disposable money above average were 2.5 times more likely to ever have had sexual intercourse, and if sexually active were more likely to use contraception. Perceived family?s wealth was a significant predictor of ever having sex (OR=1.9; CI 1.2-2.8) and not using contraception (OR=4.3; CI 1.2-15.0). Conclusion. Socioeconomic status is associated with sexual behaviors of adolescents. Fifteen-year olds who perceive their families as wealthier are more likely to ever have had sex and not use any kind of contraception. Adolescents with higher weekly income are more likely to ever have had sex and use contraception than their counterpats with less weekly disposable money. .

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Lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Puerto Rico have more diverse mosquito communities and higher Aedes aegypti abundance

Journal of Urban Ecology ◽

10.1093/jue/juab009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nicole A Scavo ◽

Roberto Barrera ◽

Limarie J Reyes-Torres ◽

Donald A Yee

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Aedes Aegypti ◽

Community Dynamics ◽

Census Data ◽

Ecological Factors ◽

Urban Setting ◽

College Level ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Lower Socioeconomic

Abstract Mosquito community dynamics in urban areas are influenced by an array of both social and ecological factors. Human socioeconomic factors (SEF) can be related to mosquito abundance and diversity as urban mosquito development sites are modified by varying human activity, e.g., level of abandoned structures or amount of accumulated trash. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationships among mosquito diversity, populations of Aedes aegypti, and SEF in a tropical urban setting. Mosquitoes were collected using BG Sentinel 2 traps and CDC light traps during three periods between late 2018 and early 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and were identified to species. SEFs (i.e. median household income, population density, college-level educational attainment, unemployment, health insurance coverage, percentage of households below the poverty line, amount of trash and level of abandoned homes) were measured using foot surveys and U.S. Census data. We found 19 species with the two most abundant species being Culex quinquefasciatus (n = 10 641, 87.6%) and Ae. aegypti (n = 1558, 12.8%). We found a positive association between Ae. aegypti abundance and mosquito diversity, which were both negatively related to SES and ecological factors. Specifically, lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods had both more Ae. aegypti and more diverse communities, due to more favorable development habitat, indicating that control efforts should be focused in these areas.

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