News scoop—hold the front page: “poverty damages health”
NEWS SCOOP—HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: “POVERTY DAMAGES HEALTH”
In this issue, we carry a number of research papers, which, in one way and another, address issues of poverty, deprivation, and health. For example:
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Geographical variation in life expectancy at birth in England and Wales is largely explained by deprivation.
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Is the rate of biological aging, as measured by age at diagnosis of cancer, socioeconomically patterned? Answer: it seems to be.
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Does material disadvantage explain the increased risk of adverse health, educational and behavioural outcomes among children in lone parent households in Britain? Answer: apparently yes.
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In Italy, income inequality has an independent and more powerful effect on life expectancy at birth than does per capita income and educational attainment; the relation between income inequality and population health has not disappeared.
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Material and behavioural …
