In examining why it is that people with higher  socioeconomic status have better health than lower-status individuals,  Mirowsky and Ross utilizes their strength in survey research on a  broad national scale. Drawing on findings and ideas from many  sciences, including demography, economics, social psychology, and the  health sciences, they argue that education creates most of the  association between higher social status and better health. People who  are well educated feel in control of their lives, which encourages a  healthy lifestyle. In addition, learned effectiveness, a practical end  of that education, enables them to find work that is autonomous and  creative, thereby promoting good health. The benefits of education to  health are pervasive, cumulative, and self-amplifying, growing across  the life course. In this book, the authors challenge received notions  in medical sociology and public health, while extending the effects of  social stratification.

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