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Poorest adults in worse health now than older generation - study: Research shows widening health gap between higher and

Poorest adults in worse health now than older generation - study: Research shows widening health gap between higher and lower socioeconomic status.

"The poorest third of the UK’s older working-age adults today have worse health than people born a century ago had at the same age, according to research that also shows the health gap between rich and poor is growing."


Guardian article based on the report: Are self-reported health inequalities widening by income? An analysis of British pseudo birth cohorts born, 1920–1970


Source: www.theguardian.com

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