Social Class

"Social Class" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.

Descriptor ID	D012923
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.996.755 N01.824.782
Concept/Terms	Social Class Social Class Class, Social Classes, Social Social Classes Socioeconomic Status Socioeconomic Status Status, Socioeconomic Middle Class Population Middle Class Population Class Population, Middle Class Populations, Middle Middle Class Populations Population, Middle Class Populations, Middle Class Caste Caste Castes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Social Class".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Socioeconomic Factors [I01.880.853.996]
Social Class [I01.880.853.996.755]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Social Class [N01.824.782]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Social Class".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Social Class".

Social Class
Social Mobility

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Class" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Class" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 45 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2006	0	2	2
2007	1	2	3
2008	1	1	2
2009	3	0	3
2010	2	1	3
2011	0	4	4
2012	0	2	2
2013	2	1	3
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	1	3
2017	1	4	5
2018	2	0	2
2019	0	2	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	3	3

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Patel AB, Bann CM, Kolhe CS, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Bauserman M, Figueroa L, Krebs NF, Esamai F, Bucher S, Saleem S, Goldenberg RL, Chomba E, Carlo WA, Goudar S, Derman RJ, Koso-Thomas M, McClure EM, Hibberd PL. The Global Network Socioeconomic Status Index as a predictor of stillbirths, perinatal mortality, and neonatal mortality in rural communities in low and lower middle income country sites of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. PLoS One. 2022; 17(8):e0272712.

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Stroud SG, Geiger EJ, Lichtensztajn DY, Goldsby RE, Cheng I, Wustrack R, Theologis AA. Survival of Patients With Primary Osseous Malignancies of the Mobile Spine Is Associated With Access to "Standard Treatment" Protocols. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Sep 01; 30(17):841-850.

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Lamm R, Hewitt DB, Li M, Powell AC, Berger AC. Socioeconomic Status and Gastric Cancer Surgical Outcomes: A National Cancer Database Study. J Surg Res. 2022 07; 275:318-326.

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Williams AD, Ciocca R, Sabol JL, Carp NZ. Institutions Treating Breast Cancer Patients of a Low Socioeconomic Status Achieve Multidisciplinary Quality Standards at Lower Rates. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Oct; 28(10):5635-5647.

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Kuczmarski MF, Orsega-Smith E, Mode NA, Rawal R, Evans MK, Zonderman AB. Healthy Behaviors Associated with Changes in Mental and Physical Strength in Urban African American and White Adults. Nutrients. 2021 May 27; 13(6).

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Lenze NR, Farquhar D, Sheth S, Zevallos JP, Blumberg J, Lumley C, Patel S, Hackman T, Weissler MC, Yarbrough WG, Zanation AM, Olshan AF. Socioeconomic Status Drives Racial Disparities in HPV-negative Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2021 06; 131(6):1301-1309.

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Lawson CA, Zaccardi F, Squire I, Okhai H, Davies M, Huang W, Mamas M, Lam CSP, Khunti K, Kadam UT. Risk Factors for Heart Failure: 20-Year Population-Based Trends by Sex, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 02; 13(2):e006472.

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Lawson CA, Zaccardi F, Squire I, Ling S, Davies MJ, Lam CSP, Mamas MA, Khunti K, Kadam UT. 20-year trends in cause-specific heart failure outcomes by sex, socioeconomic status, and place of diagnosis: a population-based study. Lancet Public Health. 2019 08; 4(8):e406-e420.

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Goldstein JN, Shinwari M, Kolm P, Elliott DJ, Weintraub WS, Hicks LS. Impact of care coordination based on insurance and zip code. Am J Manag Care. 2019 06 01; 25(6):e173-e178.

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Knapp EA, Dean LT. Consumer credit scores as a novel tool for identifying health in urban U.S. neighborhoods. Ann Epidemiol. 2018 10; 28(10):724-729.

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