PURPOSE: Social determinants as occupational social class or educational attainment might influence health outcomes. This phenomenon is known as the social gradient of health and is related to a skewed distribution of health behaviours that might explain differences in morbidity and mortality between social groups. But social class and educational attainment differ in their nature and might have distinct effects on health. Here we study the combined effect of educational attainment and occupational social class on health-related lifestyle. METHODS: We retrieved data from four large-scale, national representative Spanish surveys (n = 67,171). A latent class regression analysis was run to identify clusters of health-related lifestyle behaviours. Clusters were made according to sociodemographic factors, including a combined analysis of education and occupational social class. RESULTS: Higher educational attainment and occupational social class were associated with a healthier lifestyle for both sexes. The combined analysis of education and social class indicated that women with secondary education showed a high risk combination of unhealthy behaviours, as men with middle, primary or no education. CONCLUSIONS: Regardless of social class, a higher educational attainment redresses the effect of occupational social class on health-related behaviours. Our results suggest that education likely plays a crucial role in population health outcomes through its effects on lifestyle.
PURPOSE: Social determinants as occupational social class or educational attainment might influence health outcomes. This phenomenon is known as the social gradient of health and is related to a skewed distribution of health behaviours that might explain differences in morbidity and mortality between social groups. But social class and educational attainment differ in their nature and might have distinct effects on health. Here we study the combined effect of educational attainment and occupational social class on health-related lifestyle. METHODS: We retrieved data from four large-scale, national representative Spanish surveys (n = 67,171). A latent class regression analysis was run to identify clusters of health-related lifestyle behaviours. Clusters were made according to sociodemographic factors, including a combined analysis of education and occupational social class. RESULTS: Higher educational attainment and occupational social class were associated with a healthier lifestyle for both sexes. The combined analysis of education and social class indicated that women with secondary education showed a high risk combination of unhealthy behaviours, as men with middle, primary or no education. CONCLUSIONS: Regardless of social class, a higher educational attainment redresses the effect of occupational social class on health-related behaviours. Our results suggest that education likely plays a crucial role in population health outcomes through its effects on lifestyle.
Authors: Gianfranco Alicandro; Paola Bertuccio; Giulia Collatuzzo; Claudio Pelucchi; Rossella Bonzi; Linda M Liao; Charles S Rabkin; Rashmi Sinha; Eva Negri; Michela Dalmartello; David Zaridze; Dmitry Maximovich; Jesus Vioque; Manoli Garcia de la Hera; Shoichiro Tsugane; Akihisa Hidaka; Gerson Shigueaki Hamada; Lizbeth López-Carrillo; Raúl Ulises Hernández-Ramírez; Reza Malekzadeh; Farhad Pourfarzi; Zuo-Feng Zhang; Robert C Kurtz; M Constanza Camargo; Maria Paula Curado; Nuno Lunet; Paolo Boffetta; Carlo La Vecchia Journal: Br J Cancer Date: 2022-05-27 Impact factor: 9.075
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