Health selection in the Whitehall II study, UK.

Journal article

There has been considerable debate over the importance of the health selection hypothesis for explaining social gradients in health. Although studies have argued that it may not be an important explanation of social gradients in health, previous analyses have not estimated, simultaneously, the relative effect of health on changes in social position and of social position on changes in health (social causation). Cross-lagged longitudinal analyses using structural equation models enable the est...

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Authors: Chandola, T; Bartley, M; Sacker, A; Jenkinson, C; Marmot, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Social science and medicine (1982)
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 2059-2072
• Publication date: 2003-05-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00201-0
• EISSN: 1873-5347
• ISSN: 0277-9536
• Language: English
• Keywords: Income; Socioeconomic Factors; Male; Great Britain; Humans; Employment; Health Status Indicators; Mental Health; Longitudinal Studies; Social Mobility; Government Agencies; Middle Aged; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Social Class; Regression Analysis; Causality; London; Female; Adult