Socioeconomic circumstances determine our physical and mental health. Traditionally, studies have presupposed that the socioeconomic situation determines our state of health, but some question still remain unanswered: how does health determine socioeconomic status (SES)?, what conditions define the change in these relationships? and how does this association vary depending on contextual circumstances?
You might to change your search terms, using terms such as disability and economic status, or chronic illness and economic status.
You are born into certain circumstances. Whether you are born healthy or with a genetic disorder does not change into what socioeconomic status you were born. If you are very sick most of the time it may affect your situation but look at Stephen Hawkins with ALS at 21 year of age. He should have died at 23 years of age and his circumstances would have been poor. They were not. He died at 76 years of age as a world famous man who discovered very significant things. Barbara Streisand suffers from a social phobia, it takes its toll but probably made her even better.
According to my opinion it does not function in the reversed way but there are some papers on the effect of genetics.
Dear Javier,
In the field of mental health, there is some recent research that addresses the health selection mechanisms in the association between mental disorders and socioeconomic position. I would recommend you to have a look at this chapter, which I think gives a good overview on the subject:
Lund, C., Stansfeld, S., DeSilva, M., 2014. Social Determinants of Mental Health, in: Patel, V., Minas, H., Cohen, A., Prince, M.J. (Eds.), Global Mental Health: Principles and Practice. Oxford University Press., New York, pp. 116–136.
Moreover, these papers may also be useful:
Mojtabai, R., Stuart, E.A., Hwang, I., Susukida, R., Eaton, W.W., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C., 2015. Long-term effects of mental disorders on employment in the National Comorbidity Survey ten-year follow-up. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 50(11), 1657–1668.
Lund, C., Myer, L., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Flisher, A.J., 2013. Mental illness and lost income among adult South Africans. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 48(5), 845–851.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Ana
I think what you mean is generally termed as 'the health selection hypothesis' meaning that healthier people end up with better ses. There are many relevant studies that appear, if you use this term.
I recently read about several social (and employment related) costs of obesity. Here is a potentially helpful citation:
Trautner, M. N., Kwan, S., & Savage, S. V. (2013). Masculinity, competence, and health: the influence of weight and race on social perceptions of men. Men and Masculinities, 16(4), 432-451.
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