Handbook of Health Inequalities Across the Life Course

Research Handbooks in Sociology series

Edited by Rasmus Hoffmann, Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, University of Bamberg, Germany

Publication Date: 2023 ISBN: 978 1 80088 815 9 Extent: 434 pp

The development of health across an individual’s life depends on many factors, but social determinants play a vital role. This timely Handbook simultaneously uses theoretical, descriptive, explanatory and policy approaches to explore health inequalities related to income, education, occupational status, social capital, and also biological and genetic factors.