Is SARS a Poor Man's Disease? Socioeconomic Status and Risk Factors for SARS Transmission

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dc.contributor.authorBucchianeri, Grace Wong
dc.date2023-05-17T14:25:49.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:46:31Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:46:31Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-01
dc.date.submitted2016-06-02T09:21:15-07:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the link between various risk factors, including socioeconomic status (SES), and the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003. A comprehensive data set compiled by the author shows a negative and significant correlation between SARS incidence and various measures of income, but not years of education, unlike previous studies on other health conditions. The income-SARS gradient can be accounted for by controlling for pre-SARS housing values but not an array of measurable living conditions. Areas with more white-collar workers experienced a higher incidence rate, largely driven by the share of service and sales workers, after controlling for SES. These results have implications for the understanding of the SES-health link in the context of a contagious disease, the potential causality of the SES-SARS relationship and for future SARS containment strategies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/45711
dc.legacy.articleid1009
dc.legacy.fields10.2202/1558-9544.1209
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=real-estate_papers&unstamped=1
dc.rightsThe final publication is available at www.degruyter.com
dc.source.issue72
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.journalReal Estate Papers
dc.source.journaltitleForum for Health Economics & Policy
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume13
dc.subject.othersocioeconomic status
dc.subject.otherinfectious diseases
dc.subject.otherhealth
dc.subject.otherSARS
dc.subject.otherSES
dc.subject.otherhealth gradient
dc.subject.otherOther Business
dc.subject.otherReal Estate
dc.titleIs SARS a Poor Man's Disease? Socioeconomic Status and Risk Factors for SARS Transmission
dc.typeArticle
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digcom.identifier.contextkey8680362
digcom.identifier.submissionpathreal-estate_papers/72
digcom.typearticle
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upenn.schoolDepartmentCenterReal Estate Papers
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