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Socioeconomic differences in hysterectomy: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

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  • Marks, N.F.
  • Shinberg, D.S.

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Objectives. This study evaluated the relative gross and net predictive value of multiple socioeconomic status indicators for the likelihood of undergoing hysterectomy. Methods. Data from a sample of Wisconsin Longitudinal Study women respondents (n = 3326) followed for 35 years were analyzed by means of multivariate logistic regression. Results. Women's own higher occupational status and greater family net worth were significant net predictors of a lower likelihood of hysterectomy. Women's own education was a significant bivariate predictor. Mental ability did not account for the education effect. Conclusions. Higher education's association with a lower rate of hysterectomy is not due to ability, but to the opportunities that more-educated women have for higher-status employment and its health-related benefits. Measures of women's own occupational status should be included in future health surveys.

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  • Marks, N.F. & Shinberg, D.S., 1997. "Socioeconomic differences in hysterectomy: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 87(9), pages 1507-1514.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1997:87:9:1507-1514_1
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    1. Ross Stolzenberg, 2011. "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night: The Effect of Retirement on Subsequent Mortality of U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 1801–2006," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 48(4), pages 1317-1346, November.
    2. Eric Reither & Robert Hauser & Karen Swallen, 2009. "Predicting adult health and mortality from adolescent facial characteristics in yearbook photographs," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 46(1), pages 27-41, February.
    3. Louise F Wilson & Gita D Mishra, 2016. "Age at Menarche, Level of Education, Parity and the Risk of Hysterectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Population-Based Observational Studies," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(3), pages 1-25, March.

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