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Article: Education, Social Status and Health.(Book Review)
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- Social Forces
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Education, Social Status and Health By John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 242 pages. $51.95 (cloth), $25.95 (paper)
Education, Social Status and Health provides an informative look at how social status influences health in the United States today. It also weaves together much of John Mirowsky and Catherine Ross's research on this topic. They promote and test a theory of "education as learned effectiveness," which is based on a human capital perspective of education. According to this theory, education shapes health by influencing individuals' accumulated knowledge, skills, resources, and habits. Mirowsky and Ross therefore contend that ...