title: Addressing social inequality in aging by the Danish occupational social class measurement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the Danish Occupational Social Class (DOSC) measurement as a measure of socioeconomic position (SEP) applicable in a late midlife population, and to analyze associations of this measure with three aging-related outcomes in midlife, adjusting for education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic coding procedures of the DOSC measurement were applied to 7,084 participants from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB) survey. We examined the association of this measure of SEP with chronic conditions, self-rated health, and mobility in logistic regression analyses, adjusting for school education in the final analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measure of SEP showed a strong social gradient along the social classes in terms of prevalence of chronic conditions, poor self-rated health, and mobility limitations. Adjusting for school education attenuated the association only to a minor degree.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DOSC measure was associated with aging-related outcomes in a midlife Danish population, and is, thus, well suited for future epidemiological research on social inequalities in health and aging.
authors.affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Rikke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krølner
authors.forename: Charlotte J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Pernille W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Lyngbye
authors.forename: Charlotte Ø
authors.initials: CØ
authors.lastname: Hougaard
authors.forename: Else
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nygaard
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thielen
authors.forename: Bjørn E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Holstein
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Avlund
authors.forename: Rikke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009790:Occupations; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: aging; measurement; occupational social class; social gradient