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Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
BACKGROUND: Social networks and social support are supposed to contribute to the development of unequal health within populations. However, little is known about their socio-economic distribution. In this study, we explore this distribution. METHODS: This study analyses the association of two indica...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2424055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18457583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-13 |
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author | Weyers, Simone Dragano, Nico Möbus, Susanne Beck, Eva-Maria Stang, Andreas Möhlenkamp, Stephan Jöckel, Karl Heinz Erbel, Raimund Siegrist, Johannes |
author_facet | Weyers, Simone Dragano, Nico Möbus, Susanne Beck, Eva-Maria Stang, Andreas Möhlenkamp, Stephan Jöckel, Karl Heinz Erbel, Raimund Siegrist, Johannes |
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description | BACKGROUND: Social networks and social support are supposed to contribute to the development of unequal health within populations. However, little is known about their socio-economic distribution. In this study, we explore this distribution. METHODS: This study analyses the association of two indicators of socio-economic position, education and income, with different measures of social networks and support. Cross-sectional data have been derived from the baseline examination of an epidemiological cohort study of 4.814 middle aged urban inhabitants in Germany (Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study). Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were carried out to estimate the risk of having poor social networks and support across socio-economic groups. RESULTS: Socially disadvantaged persons more often report poor social networks and social support. In multivariate analyses, based on education, odds ratios range from 1.0 (highest education) to 4.9 (lowest education) in a graded way. Findings based on income show similar effects, ranging from 1.0 to 2.5. There is one exception: no association of SEP with close ties living nearby and regularly seen was observed. CONCLUSION: Poor social networks and low social support are more frequent among socio-economically disadvantaged people. To some extent, this finding varies according to the indicator chosen to measure these social constructs. |
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spelling | pubmed-24240552008-06-11 Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Weyers, Simone Dragano, Nico Möbus, Susanne Beck, Eva-Maria Stang, Andreas Möhlenkamp, Stephan Jöckel, Karl Heinz Erbel, Raimund Siegrist, Johannes Int J Equity Health Research BACKGROUND: Social networks and social support are supposed to contribute to the development of unequal health within populations. However, little is known about their socio-economic distribution. In this study, we explore this distribution. METHODS: This study analyses the association of two indicators of socio-economic position, education and income, with different measures of social networks and support. Cross-sectional data have been derived from the baseline examination of an epidemiological cohort study of 4.814 middle aged urban inhabitants in Germany (Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study). Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were carried out to estimate the risk of having poor social networks and support across socio-economic groups. RESULTS: Socially disadvantaged persons more often report poor social networks and social support. In multivariate analyses, based on education, odds ratios range from 1.0 (highest education) to 4.9 (lowest education) in a graded way. Findings based on income show similar effects, ranging from 1.0 to 2.5. There is one exception: no association of SEP with close ties living nearby and regularly seen was observed. CONCLUSION: Poor social networks and low social support are more frequent among socio-economically disadvantaged people. To some extent, this finding varies according to the indicator chosen to measure these social constructs. BioMed Central 2008-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2424055/ /pubmed/18457583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-13 Text en Copyright © 2008 Weyers et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Weyers, Simone Dragano, Nico Möbus, Susanne Beck, Eva-Maria Stang, Andreas Möhlenkamp, Stephan Jöckel, Karl Heinz Erbel, Raimund Siegrist, Johannes Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title | Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title_full | Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title_fullStr | Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title_short | Low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study |
title_sort | low socio-economic position is associated with poor social networks and social support: results from the heinz nixdorf recall study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2424055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18457583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-13 |
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