A high prevalence of health problems in low income groups: does it reflect relative deprivation?

摘要

Conclusions-These analyses provide evi- dence to suggest that a low income has detrimental health effects through relative deprivation. Moreover, the results indi- cate an indirect link between deprivation and health problems involving psychologi- cal or behavioural factors. Study objective-Although it has fre- Quently been suggested that income af- Fects health, there is hardly any research In which this issue has been explored Directly. The aim of this study was, firstly, to examine whether income is independ- ently associated with health, secondly, to assess the extent to which this association reflects high levels of deprivation in low income groups, and thirdly, to examine which specific components of deprivation contribute most to the link between in- come and health.