Psychosocial and material pathways in the relation between income and health: a response to Lynch et al

By M. Marmot, R. Wilkinson. British medical journal, 2001

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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The developmental origins of chronic adult disease (2004, background): “One explanation of these findings emphasizes the psychosocial consequences of a low position in the social hierarchy, as indicated by low income and social class, and suggests that perceptions of low social status and lack of success lead to changes in neuroendocrine pathways and hence to disease (3”
Income inequality and population health: a review and explanation of the evidence. (2006, background): “…to be important in developing countries, among the 25 or 30 richest countries there is no relation between Gross National Income per capita and health (Marmot & Wilkinson, 2001; Wilkinson, 1997)—even though curves are sometimes still fitted to the data to suggest otherwise (Lynch et al., 2004a).”
The contribution of the psychosocial work environment to sickness absence in human service workers: Results of a 3-year follow-up study (2007, background): “Some researchers have reasoned that SES might be either a more distant cause in a causal pathway that includes SES, psychosocial work environment, and health, or that SES might moderate the effects of workplace exposure (Marmot & Wilkinson, 2001; Siegrist & Marmot, 2004).”
Subjective social status: its determinants and its association with measures of ill-health in the Whitehall II study. (2003, background): “The focus in the social inequalities field is now on explicating the causal pathways linking socioeconomic position to health (e.g., Lynch, Davey Smith, Kaplan, & House, 2000; Marmot & Wilkinson, 2001).”