Socioeconomic status Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among older people

Further investigation needed to find the most useful indicators of socioeconomic status in the elderly population R esearch in social epidemiology and medical sociology has consistently shown that people in lower socio-economic status groups experience poorer health and live shorter lives than those in higher status groups.1 However, investigations of such differentials among people aged 65 and over is still comparatively rare. In this issue of the journal Huisman et al report on the results of their analyses of socioeco-nomic status (housing tenure, educa