Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures—The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project

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dc.contributor.authorKrieger, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorChen, Jarvis T.
dc.contributor.authorWaterman, Pamela D.
dc.contributor.authorRehkopf, David H.
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, S.V.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:13Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:13Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractUse of multilevel frameworks and area-based socioeconomic measures (ABSMs) for public health monitoring can potentially overcome the absence of socioeconomic data in most US public health surveillance systems. To assess whether ABSMs can meaningfully be used for diverse race/ethnicity–gender groups, we geocoded and linked public health surveillance data from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to 1990 block group, tract, and zip code ABSMs. Outcomes comprised death, birth, cancer incidence, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, childhood lead poisoning, and nonfatal weapons-related injuries. Among White, Black, and Hispanic women and men, measures of economic deprivation (e.g., percentage below poverty) were most sensitive to expected socioeconomic gradients in health, with the most consistent results and maximal geocoding linkage evident for tract-level analyses.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1655
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vfca-mfvi
dc.identifier.citationKrieger, Nancy and Chen, Jarvis T. and Waterman, Pamela D. and Rehkopf, David H. and Subramanian, S.V. (2003) Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures—The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (10). pp. 1655-1671.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 990
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22946
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectChronic Illness & Diseases
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectmultilevel frameworks
dc.subjectarea-based socioeconomic measures
dc.subjectpublic health monitoring
dc.subjectUS public health surveillance systems
dc.subjectrace/ethnicity–gender groups
dc.subjecteconomic deprivation
dc.subjectsocioeconomic gradients in health
dc.subjectgeocoding linkage
dc.titleRace/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures—The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project
dc.typeArticle

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