Does Subjective Social Status Predict Health and Change in Health Status Better Than Objective Status?

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The Education Effect: Higher Educational Qualifications are Robustly Associated with Beneficial Personal and Socio-political Outcomes (2015, background): “For individuals, education is a strong indicator of social class (Fiske and Markus 2012; Lareau and Conley 2008; Singh-Manoux et al. 2001; Trautmann et al. 2013), and higher levels of education are positively associated with a range of valued outcomes, such as political interest and engagement (Emle”
Rethinking and updating demographic questions: Guidance to improve descriptions of research samples. (2016, background): “…the possibility of stereotype threat (i.e., being at risk of confirming, as a selfcharacteristic, a negative stereotype about one’s own social group; Steele & Aronson, 1995), which could prime respondents with their demo graphic characteristics and lead them to respond differently than they…”
Socioeconomic status and health: the role of subjective social status. (2008, background): “…accord with the existing literature suggesting that SSS is related to self-rated health (Franzini & Fernandez-Esquer, 2006; Hu et al., 2005; Operario et al., 2004; Ostrove et al., 2000; Singh-Manoux et al., 2005) and mental health (Franzini & FernandezEsquer, 2006; Singh-Manoux et al., 2005).”