Social comparisons, health and well-being

Journal article: Health and well-being are socially determined. One of the ways in which this comes about is via social comparisons with other individuals in the same personal, geographic or social networks, with the comparisons referring either to income or other aspects of economic and social life. The existence of such comparison effects with respect to income may help to explain the social gradient in health.

Author(s)

Andrew E. Clark

Journal
  • Epidemiology and Public Health = Revue d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique
Date of publication
  • 2013
Keywords
  • Well-being
  • Comparisons
  • Income
  • Unemployment
  • Divorce
  • Religion
  • Social health gradient
Pages
  • S184-S188
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 61