Socioeconomic Factors and the Health of Individuals

Introduction Socio-economic class or socio-economic status (SES) may refer to a mixture of elements such as poverty, occupation, environment, etc. This is a measure of social and economic factors that affect health and welfare to measure standards and quality of life for individuals and families in society (Giddens and Sutton, 2013). Cockerham (2007 p75) argues that "Social class or socio-economic status (SES) is the strongest predictor of health, disease causality and lifespan in medical sociology." Studies in the 1990s (Drever and Whitehead, 1997) People with high SES generally live longer and healthier than people with low SES.

Homeless doubles the possibility that individuals are now smokers. This has nothing to do with other socioeconomic factors and behavioral health conditions. Homeless people also have the desire to quit smoking in the same way, but it is rare to smoke more than the public. In the United States, 60 to 80% of homeless people are now smokers. This far exceeds 19% of the average adult population. Many current homeless smokers have reported that smoking is a means to deal with all pressure of homelessness. Recognition that homeless smoking is "socially acceptable" may also strengthen these trends.

The proportion of homeless reflects the country's economic trends and individual health and lifestyle factors. In most cases homeless is the result of several factors that lead to the loss of poverty and material safety. The National Homeless Alliance (NCH) lists some of the major economic factors that made the United States homeless. The absence of affordable housing: In recent years, the support of low-income housing by the federal government has declined and trends of lessees are particularly serious. At the same time, the rent continues to rise, troubling low-income individuals and families, and trying to pay higher housing costs with a lower wage.

Important factors relate to economic difficulties and health damage conditions in the physical environment such as housing, community, actual working conditions. Studies have shown that low social and economic status lowers the residential environment because households with low incomes are more susceptible to moisture, mold and congestion than households with higher incomes. In addition, since it is crowded with less than 1 room per person, it will affect mental health such as noise, lower indoor air quality, lower frequency of accidents and privacy. There is also some evidence that the socioeconomic status is being revealed by the lack of funds, access to health resources, access to health resources, access to health quality literacy, seeking assistance from immigrant women.