Title |
Getting Under the Skin: Children’s Health Disparities as Embodiment of Social Class
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Published in |
Population Research and Policy Review, March 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s11113-017-9431-7 |
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Authors |
Michael R. Kramer, Eric B. Schneider, Jennifer B. Kane, Claire Margerison-Zilko, Jessica Jones-Smith, Katherine King, Pamela Davis-Kean, Joseph G. Grzywacz |
Abstract |
Social class gradients in children's health and development are ubiquitous across time and geography. The authors develop a conceptual framework relating three actions of class-material allocation, salient group identity, and inter-group conflict-to the reproduction of class-based disparities in child health. A core proposition is that the actions of class stratification create variation in children's mesosystems and microsystems in distinct locations in the ecology of everyday life. Variation in mesosystems (e.g., health care, neighborhoods) and microsystems (e.g., family structure, housing) become manifest in a wide variety of specific experiences and environments that produce the behavioral and biological antecedents to health and disease among children. The framework is explored via a review of theoretical and empirical contributions from multiple disciplines and high-priority areas for future research are highlighted. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 11 | 50% |
United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
Canada | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 12 | 55% |
Scientists | 5 | 23% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 14% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 106 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 13% |
Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
Researcher | 8 | 8% |
Professor | 6 | 6% |
Other | 21 | 20% |
Unknown | 37 | 35% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 22 | 21% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 9% |
Psychology | 9 | 8% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 8% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 3% |
Other | 11 | 10% |
Unknown | 43 | 41% |