Social determinants of self-rated health : the interaction of gender with socioeconomic status and social relationships in the Yukon ...

• Main Author: Jeffery, Bonnie Lynn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2009
• Subjects: First Nations; Yukon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0076828; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0076828

This study addressed the social determinants of health with a specific focus on three factors in the social environment that either individually or collectively have an influence on health status: gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and people's social relationships. The purpose of the study was to examine whether people's social relationships mediate the effects of SES on self-rated health status and to assess whether these effects differ for women and men. The research questions were examined by formulating a theoretical model and evaluating the hypothesized relationships through the use of structural equation modelling. The analyses were conducted using LISREL on data from 1,239 non-First Nations Yukon residents who participated in the Territory's 1993 Health Promotion Survey. The results of this study suggest that household income significantly affected women's and men's health by influencing aspects of their social relationships. A higher overall rating of the quality of one's social relationships was ...