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Social Class
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Definition of 'Social Class'A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income. Common names: Social Class; Class, Social; Classes, Social; Social Classes; Middle Class Population; Class Population, Middle; Class Populations, Middle; Middle Class Populations; Population, Middle Class; Populations, Middle Class; Socioeconomic Status; Status, Socioeconomic; Caste; Castes |
Sunday, November 08, 2009
11 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from birth to age 2 years, whether recent advice has been followed, whether any new risk factors have emerged, and the specific circumstances in which SIDS ... Read more...
8 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To examine the geographical relation between mortality and deprivation in England and Wales at the start of the 20th and 21st centuries. To explore the evidence for a strengthening or weakening of this relation over the century and test ... Read more...
2 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence from a recent pilot universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programme suggests that the burden of obstetric complications associated with mode of delivery is not limited to maternal and perinatal mortality but may ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Social Class'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England. 11 Oct 2009
- Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009
- Maternal and neonatal factors associated with mode of delivery under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria. 2 Sep 2009
- Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy. Sep 2009
- Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China. 30 Aug 2009
- The impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and socioeconomic development on the living arrangements of older persons in sub-Saharan Africa: a country-level analysis. 30 Aug 2009
- The mediating role of time perspective in socio-economic inequalities in smoking and physical activity in older English adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing. 30 Aug 2009
- Alexithymia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. 30 Aug 2009
- Knowledge and attitude of Turkish parents regarding car safety seats for children. 30 Aug 2009
- Sex differences in blood pressure and its relationship to body composition and metabolism in adolescence. 30 Aug 2009
- Appointments failure among female patients at a dental school clinic in Saudi Arabia. 30 Aug 2009
- Neighborhood-level disadvantage is associated with reduced dietary quality in children. 30 Aug 2009
- Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with higher ratio of 24-hour urinary sodium to potassium in young Japanese women. 30 Aug 2009
- ASSIGN, QRISK, and validation.
30 Aug 2009 - The influence of black race on treatment and mortality for early-stage breast cancer. 30 Aug 2009
- Influence of socioeconomic status on delusional-like experiences in adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Nonsignificant weight gain with atypical antipsychotics in men with Alzheimer's Disease: an important result of the CATIE-Alzheimer's disease study. 30 Aug 2009
- Validity of random-digit-dialing in recruiting controls in a case-control study. 30 Aug 2009
- Role of depressive symptoms in explaining socioeconomic status disparities in dietary quality and central adiposity among US adults: a structural equation modeling approach. 24 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Social Class'
Definition: A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.
Descriptor UI: D012923
Alternative terms: Social Class; Class, Social; Classes, Social; Social Classes; Middle Class Population; Class Population, Middle; Class Populations, Middle; Middle Class Populations; Population, Middle Class; Populations, Middle Class; Socioeconomic Status; Status, Socioeconomic; Caste; Castes;
Tree Number: I01.880.552; I01.880.840.755; N01.824.782;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: no qualif