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@article{stafford_et_al_2003, abstract = {There is evidence that health is determined by macro-level factors as well as by individual risk factors. Using data from the Whitehall II study we consider area-level determinants of health and ask two related questions. Firstly, are health differences between areas explained by the individual risk profiles of residents in those areas? Secondly, since poorer people tend to live in poorer places, are individual socio-economic effects on health explained by where people live? The demographic characteristics of residents, level of deprivation in the area, housing and neighbourhood quality and social integration were independently associated with health but did not fully explain differences between areas. Although there was considerable residential polarisation, area deprivation did not explain why lower status participants had poorer health.}, author = {Stafford, M. and Bartley, M. and Mitchell, R. and Marmot, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3398861}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11470225}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11470225}, comment = {Analysis of Phase 3 of Whitehall data, looking to see whether area of residence has an effect on health once individual characteristics have been accounted for. Finds that areas vary in their health profile, and deprivation may not fully explain this variation.}, issn = {1353-8292}, journal = {Health \& place}, keywords = {area, composition-vs-context, deprivation, health-inequalities, multilevel, whitehall-ii}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {117--129}, posted-at = {2008-10-13 02:05:51}, priority = {0}, title = {Characteristics of individuals and characteristics of areas: investigating their influence on health in the Whitehall II study.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11470225}, volume = {7}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - stafford_et_al_2003 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3398861 N2 - There is evidence that health is determined by macro-level factors as well as by individual risk factors. Using data from the Whitehall II study we consider area-level determinants of health and ask two related questions. Firstly, are health differences between areas explained by the individual risk profiles of residents in those areas? Secondly, since poorer people tend to live in poorer places, are individual socio-economic effects on health explained by where people live? The demographic characteristics of residents, level of deprivation in the area, housing and neighbourhood quality and social integration were independently associated with health but did not fully explain differences between areas. Although there was considerable residential polarisation, area deprivation did not explain why lower status participants had poorer health. IS - 2 JF - Health & place SN - 1353-8292 EP - 129 TI - Characteristics of individuals and characteristics of areas: investigating their influence on health in the Whitehall II study. VL - 7 SP - 117 KW - area KW - composition-vs-context KW - deprivation KW - health-inequalities KW - multilevel KW - whitehall-ii N1 - Analysis of Phase 3 of Whitehall data, looking to see whether area of residence has an effect on health once individual characteristics have been accounted for. Finds that areas vary in their health profile, and deprivation may not fully explain this variation. AU - Stafford, M AU - Bartley, M AU - Mitchell, R AU - Marmot, M PY - 2001/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11470225 ER -