Economic opportunity, health behaviours, and health outcomes in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Dr Atheendar S Venkataramani, MD (Author), Rachel Brigell, MPH (Author), Rourke O'Brien, PhD (Author), Paula Chatterjee, MD (Author), Prof Ichiro Kawachi, PhD (Author), Alexander C Tsai, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Inequality of opportunity, defined as differences in the prospects for upward social mobility, might have important consequences for health. Diminished opportunity can lower the motivation to invest in future health by reducing economic returns to health investments and undermining hope....