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Singh-Manoux A, Marmot M. Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health. Soc Sci Med. 2004;60(9):2129-33doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070.
Singh-Manoux, A., & Marmot, M. (2005). Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health. Social science & medicine (1982), 60(9), 2129-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070
Singh-Manoux, Archana, and Marmot, Michael. "Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health." Social science & medicine (1982) vol. 60,9 (2005): 2129-33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070
Singh-Manoux A, Marmot M. Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health. Soc Sci Med. 2005 May;60(9):2129-33. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070. Epub 2004 Nov 25. PMID: 15743660.
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Soc Sci Med. 2005 May;60(9):2129-33. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070. Epub 2004 Nov 25.

Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Archana Singh-Manoux, Michael Marmot

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, International Centre for Health and Society, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 15743660 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.070

Abstract

This paper argues that social selection, materialist/structural and cultural/behavioural explanations for social inequalities in health are related to each other through the mechanism of socialization, seen here as a process through which societies shape patterns of behaviour and being that then affect health. Socialization involves the inter- and intragenerational transfer of attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. Parallels between socialization theory and Bourdieu's concept of habitus are also drawn, and the implications for social epidemiology are discussed. Four key areas that would benefit from research within the socialization framework are identified: health behaviours, psychological vulnerability, social skills and future time perspective.

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