Poverty and health behaviour: Comparing socioeconomic status and a combined poverty indicator as a determinant of health behaviour

摘要: Studies in the area of health economics and public have shown that low socioeconomic status (SES) poverty are related to lower levels health. Attempts explain these differences often made reference observation poor behaviours cluster SES respectively groups. However, relatively little attention has been paid defining concept its appropriate measurement. Therefore data from German Socio-Economic Panel used analyse relationship between two multidimensional measurements describe a) b) a behaviour, including dietary weight behaviour general. This study shows both indicators allow identifying an inverse several types behaviour. comparing it is evident individuals may be affected by different ways which various effects on their Additionally, future research should focus not only but also dynamic effects.