Using ecological socioeconomic position (SEP) measures to deal with sample bias introduced by incomplete individual-level measures: inequalities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis as an example.

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Date publication

juillet 2019

Journal

BMC public health

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr WORONOFF Anne-Sophie


Tous les auteurs :
Lamy S, Molinié F, Daubisse-Marliac L, Cowppli-Bony A, Ayrault-Piault S, Fournier E, Woronoff AS, Delpierre C, Grosclaude P

Résumé

When studying the influence of socioeconomic position (SEP) on health from data where individual-level SEP measures may be missing, ecological measures of SEP may prove helpful. In this paper, we illustrate the best use of ecological-level measures of SEP to deal with incomplete individual level data. To do this we have taken the example of a study examining the relationship between SEP and breast cancer (BC) stage at diagnosis.

Mots clés

Cancer, Deprivation, Methodology, Population-based data, Social inequalities

Référence

BMC Public Health. 2019 Jul 2;19(1):857