Mapping the determinants of health inequalities in social space: can Bourdieu help us?

Considerable research effort has been devoted to describing and explaining, at a variety of spatial scales, geographical inequalities in health outcomes within the developed world. Following Bourdieu, we argue that structures of the social world may be revealed in different kinds of ‘social’ space....

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Published in:Health & place 2004-09, Vol.10 (3), p.245-257
Main Authors: Gatrell, Anthony C, Popay, Jennie, Thomas, Carol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Female
Health inequalities
Health Services Accessibility
Health technology assessment
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple correspondence analysis
Psychological morbidity
Social Justice
Social space
United Kingdom
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Summary:Considerable research effort has been devoted to describing and explaining, at a variety of spatial scales, geographical inequalities in health outcomes within the developed world. Following Bourdieu, we argue that structures of the social world may be revealed in different kinds of ‘social’ space. We outline the relational thinking that underlies these ideas. We then ‘map’, using correspondence analysis (on which Bourdieu himself drew), the structure of social space according to the differential availability of some forms of capital, across four study areas in north-west England. We use logistic regression analysis to explain variation in psychological morbidity (GHQ-score) and then portray the significant predictors of morbidity using multiple correspondence analysis. The area of residence of the survey respondents is used to associate them with particular locations in these social spaces.
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2003.09.005