Labour market income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate relations between labour market income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas. METHODS: An ecological cross sectional study of relations between income inequality and working age (25-64 years) mortality in 53 Canadian (1991) and 282 US (1990) metropolitan areas using four measures of income inequality. Two labour market income concepts were used: labour market income for households with …

Authors

Sanmartin C; Ross NA; Tremblay S; Wolfson M; Dunn JR; Lynch J

Journal

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Vol. 57, No. 10,

Publisher

BMJ

Publication Date

10 2003

DOI

10.1136/jech.57.10.792

ISSN

0143-005X

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Jim Dunn

Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

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