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A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Deonandan, R; Campbell, K; Ostbye, T; Tummon, I; Robertson, J
Published in: Chronic diseases in Canada
January 2000

Seven methods of estimating socio-economic status (SES) were compared, including four based on data specific to individuals (Blishen, Pineo-Porter, British Registrar General, Hollingshead) and three based on the average characteristics of the postal code area in which people live (income alone, education alone, income and education combined). Data from the files of 151 patients undergoing in vitro fertilization were used. The four individual scales were highly correlated among themselves (Spearman's correlation coefficient between 0.6 and 0.9) but only moderately correlated with the measures based on postal code (Spearman's correlation coefficient between 0.2 and 0.3).

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Published In

Chronic diseases in Canada

EISSN

1481-8523

ISSN

0228-8699

Publication Date

January 2000

Volume

21

Issue

3

Start / End Page

114 / 118

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Social Class
  • Public Health
  • Ontario
  • Occupations
  • Male
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Female
 

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Deonandan, R., Campbell, K., Ostbye, T., Tummon, I., & Robertson, J. (2000). A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 21(3), 114–118.
Deonandan, R., K. Campbell, T. Ostbye, I. Tummon, and J. Robertson. “A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area.Chronic Diseases in Canada 21, no. 3 (January 2000): 114–18.
Deonandan R, Campbell K, Ostbye T, Tummon I, Robertson J. A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area. Chronic diseases in Canada. 2000 Jan;21(3):114–8.
Deonandan, R., et al. “A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area.Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 21, no. 3, Jan. 2000, pp. 114–18.
Deonandan R, Campbell K, Ostbye T, Tummon I, Robertson J. A comparison of methods for measuring socio-economic status by occupation or postal area. Chronic diseases in Canada. 2000 Jan;21(3):114–118.

Published In

Chronic diseases in Canada

EISSN

1481-8523

ISSN

0228-8699

Publication Date

January 2000

Volume

21

Issue

3

Start / End Page

114 / 118

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Social Class
  • Public Health
  • Ontario
  • Occupations
  • Male
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Female