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An economic and sociological interpretation of social differences in health-related behaviour: An encounter as a guide to social epidemiology

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  • Lindbladh, Eva
  • Lyttkens, Carl Hampus
  • Hanson, Bertil S.
  • Östergren, Perolof
  • Isacsson, Sven-Olof
  • Lindgren, Björn

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We argue that the group-centred analyses of social epidemiology should follow from theoretical considerations that take the situation of the individual as their natural starting point. In a tentative dialogue between economics and sociology, we develop a framework for the analysis of health-related behaviour. Such behaviour is modelled as a process of decision-making at the individual level. Within economics, we draw specifically on the demand-for-health literature and the new institutional economics. Within sociology, Bourdieu's habitus theory is presented in combination with a macro-structural approach where the focus is on the process of individualization. The relationship between these different approaches to health-related behaviour and their implications is discussed. We find that the encounter between different sciences provides valuable insights for future work in the socio-epidemiological tradition.

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  • Lindbladh, Eva & Lyttkens, Carl Hampus & Hanson, Bertil S. & Östergren, Perolof & Isacsson, Sven-Olof & Lindgren, Björn, 1996. "An economic and sociological interpretation of social differences in health-related behaviour: An encounter as a guide to social epidemiology," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 43(12), pages 1817-1827, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:43:y:1996:i:12:p:1817-1827
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