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Components of SES correct answers Income, class, poverty
Era 1 focus correct answers research till the 1980s was poverty focused
Era 2 focus correct answers research began on civil servants & on ppl w same HC but different
incomes= varied
-whitehall studies
Whitehall Studies correct answers -Even if not in poverty?? = As income ^ health ^!! For ALL
levels of income
-Every single dollar made a difference
-Mattered for people early in life (SES)
Who got spinal images ORDERED? correct answers Poor people ordered more
Who got spinal xrays completed? correct answers Everyone was LESS likely that wealthy people
to get an xray completed
Did DRIFT support any health outcomes? correct answers NO (hypothesis of social causation is
not supported by drift)
Allostatic load correct answers compost indication on how much wear and tear is on the body!!
(blood test)
-Less $$ u have= more wear and tear on the body
Advantages as a child of high ses? correct answers every year you age, you get more
advantages!! (bc good peers and good health)
Age as a leveler hypothesis? correct answers Eventually by the time we are all old, the old age
gets us and so SES doesn't really matter
-BUT study found this wasnt necessarily the case: as we age SES kept building and it never
really leveled
"Born into high SES= good for life"
T or F correct answers T
Why is there a SES difference for women? correct answers -Women may not have had as much
opportunity as men (bc olden days)
-working and upperclassmen fall into same status (bc all drink and wanna be men)
Sample Attrition correct answers when poor people with bad health outcomes die
, -can mess with researched groups
Parts to Fundamental Cause Theory
MD, MR, F, M correct answers 1. multiple disease outcomes
2. Multiple risk factors
3. "Flexible resources"
4. Mechanisms can change over time
multiple disease outcomes correct answers fundamental cause theory influences multiple
diseases!!! so hard to tell (lung cancer)
multiple risk factors correct answers COPD is caused by smoking and obesity.. can be a lot of
causes
flexible resources correct answers high SES folks have more resources for docs, research, etc
what kind of social support helped men and SES correct answers structural support (NOT the
functional support)
(1/4 of SES on health was bc of positive ties)
did more ses mean different kinds of social support for women? correct answers NO difference!!
But social support was related to *mortality*
-women more integrated died more
-less integrated in netoworks died less
measures of allostatic load and stress? correct answers mortality, objective physical indicators
and health and how health are you
eating disorder and SES trends:
- lower class? correct answers lower class had less control and let the teens choose
middle class correct answers more of a battle
working correct answers blamed the health problems on other things (take after dad) & overall=
LOW priority for them
middle class correct answers more likely to eat together and cook from scratch
SES for Asian immigrants correct answers NOT a very strong overall outcome
Components of SES correct answers Income, class, poverty
Era 1 focus correct answers research till the 1980s was poverty focused
Era 2 focus correct answers research began on civil servants & on ppl w same HC but different
incomes= varied
-whitehall studies
Whitehall Studies correct answers -Even if not in poverty?? = As income ^ health ^!! For ALL
levels of income
-Every single dollar made a difference
-Mattered for people early in life (SES)
Who got spinal images ORDERED? correct answers Poor people ordered more
Who got spinal xrays completed? correct answers Everyone was LESS likely that wealthy people
to get an xray completed
Did DRIFT support any health outcomes? correct answers NO (hypothesis of social causation is
not supported by drift)
Allostatic load correct answers compost indication on how much wear and tear is on the body!!
(blood test)
-Less $$ u have= more wear and tear on the body
Advantages as a child of high ses? correct answers every year you age, you get more
advantages!! (bc good peers and good health)
Age as a leveler hypothesis? correct answers Eventually by the time we are all old, the old age
gets us and so SES doesn't really matter
-BUT study found this wasnt necessarily the case: as we age SES kept building and it never
really leveled
"Born into high SES= good for life"
T or F correct answers T
Why is there a SES difference for women? correct answers -Women may not have had as much
opportunity as men (bc olden days)
-working and upperclassmen fall into same status (bc all drink and wanna be men)
Sample Attrition correct answers when poor people with bad health outcomes die
, -can mess with researched groups
Parts to Fundamental Cause Theory
MD, MR, F, M correct answers 1. multiple disease outcomes
2. Multiple risk factors
3. "Flexible resources"
4. Mechanisms can change over time
multiple disease outcomes correct answers fundamental cause theory influences multiple
diseases!!! so hard to tell (lung cancer)
multiple risk factors correct answers COPD is caused by smoking and obesity.. can be a lot of
causes
flexible resources correct answers high SES folks have more resources for docs, research, etc
what kind of social support helped men and SES correct answers structural support (NOT the
functional support)
(1/4 of SES on health was bc of positive ties)
did more ses mean different kinds of social support for women? correct answers NO difference!!
But social support was related to *mortality*
-women more integrated died more
-less integrated in netoworks died less
measures of allostatic load and stress? correct answers mortality, objective physical indicators
and health and how health are you
eating disorder and SES trends:
- lower class? correct answers lower class had less control and let the teens choose
middle class correct answers more of a battle
working correct answers blamed the health problems on other things (take after dad) & overall=
LOW priority for them
middle class correct answers more likely to eat together and cook from scratch
SES for Asian immigrants correct answers NOT a very strong overall outcome
