The relationship between relative deprivation and self-rated health among Palestinian women in refugee camps in Lebanon

Background: Relative deprivation (RD) has been advanced as a theory to explain the relationship between income inequality and health in high-income countries. In this study, we tested the theory in a low-income protracted refugee setting in a middle-income country. Methods: Using data from the 2010...

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Main Authors: Nisreen Salti, Sawsan Abdulrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316300076