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Social status and health: absolute deprivation or relative comparison, or both?

Gerry VeenstraDepartment of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pages 121-134 | Received 15 Mar 2004, Accepted 18 Jan 2005, Published online: 18 Dec 2014

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Meng Xiong, Jiao Chen & Wendy Johnson. (2021) Relative deprivation and social anxiety among Chinese migrant children: Testing a moderated mediation model of perceived control and belief in a just world. Journal of Health Psychology 27:11, pages 2581-2602.
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Dana Lee Olstad, Sara Nejatinamini, Lana Vanderlee, Katherine M. Livingstone, David J. T. Campbell, Karen Tang, Leia M. Minaker & David Hammond. (2022) Are stress‐related pathways of social status differentiation more important determinants of health inequities in countries with higher levels of income inequality?. Sociology of Health & Illness 44:3, pages 663-691.
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Adam Vanzella-Yang & Gerry Veenstra. (2021) Family income and health in Canada: a longitudinal study of stability and change. BMC Public Health 21:1.
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Hong Zou, Qianqian Xiong & Hongwei Xu. (2020) Does Subjective Social Status Predict Self-Rated Health in Chinese Adults and Why?. Social Indicators Research 152:2, pages 443-471.
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Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing, Amanda M. Mitchell & Lisa M. Christian. (2018) Associations of Maternal Beliefs and Distress in Pregnancy and Postpartum With Breastfeeding Initiation and Early Cessation. Journal of Human Lactation 35:1, pages 49-58.
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Edward Anderson, Maria Ana Jalles D'Orey, Maren Duvendack & Lucio Esposito. (2017) DOES GOVERNMENT SPENDING AFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY? A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS. Journal of Economic Surveys 31:4, pages 961-987.
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Christy Pu, Nicole Huang, Gao-Jun Tang & Yiing-Jenq Chou. (2011) When does poor subjective financial position hurt the elderly? Testing the interaction with educational attainment using a national representative longitudinal survey. BMC Public Health 11:1.
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Lisa S. Wolff, S.V. Subramanian, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Deanne Weber & Ichiro Kawachi. (2010) Compared to whom? Subjective social status, self-rated health, and referent group sensitivity in a diverse US sample. Social Science & Medicine 70:12, pages 2019-2028.
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Gerry Veenstra. (2007) Social space, social class and Bourdieu: Health inequalities in British Columbia, Canada. Health & Place 13:1, pages 14-31.
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Gerry Veenstra & Shona Kelly. (2007) Comparing objective and subjective status: Gender and space (and environmental justice?). Health & Place 13:1, pages 57-71.
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James R. Dunn, Gerry Veenstra & Nancy Ross. (2006) Psychosocial and neo-material dimensions of SES and health revisited: Predictors of self-rated health in a Canadian national survey. Social Science & Medicine 62:6, pages 1465-1473.
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Lucy Barnes, Peter A. Hall & Rosemary C.R. Taylor. (2010) The Social Sources of the Health Gradient: A Cross-National Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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