Social Class

"Social Class" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.

Descriptor ID	D012923
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.996.755 N01.824.782
Concept/Terms	Social Class Social Class Class, Social Classes, Social Social Classes Socioeconomic Status Socioeconomic Status Status, Socioeconomic Middle Class Population Middle Class Population Class Population, Middle Class Populations, Middle Middle Class Populations Population, Middle Class Populations, Middle Class Caste Caste Castes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Social Class".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Socioeconomic Factors [I01.880.853.996]
Social Class [I01.880.853.996.755]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Social Class [N01.824.782]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Social Class".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Social Class".

Social Class
Social Mobility

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Class" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Class" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 225 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	2	5	7
2004	1	3	4
2005	5	6	11
2006	6	3	9
2007	5	7	12
2008	3	4	7
2009	1	4	5
2010	2	7	9
2011	9	11	20
2012	5	12	17
2013	5	5	10
2014	11	5	16
2015	3	5	8
2016	3	7	10
2017	5	10	15
2018	6	5	11
2019	5	8	13
2020	0	1	1
2021	3	4	7
2022	1	6	7
2023	0	3	3
2024	7	1	8
2025	2	4	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Class" by people in Profiles.

Akinyemi O, Fullum T, Fasokun M, Eze O, Hughes K, Yue D, Fryer CS, Chen J, Whilby KW. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and short-term postoperative complications following metabolic and bariatric surgery. Am J Surg. 2026 Jul; 257:116953.

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Taylor H, Musey P, Hirsh A, Thyvalikakath T, Vest JR. Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Emergency Department Use for Non-traumatic Dental Conditions. West J Emerg Med. 2026 Jan 21; 27(2):471-482.

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Johnson Powell C, Adigwe A, Ekezie N, Fatima B, Majd Z, Collins R, Houk K, Patel T, Ma H, Shimko R, Ononogbu O, Abughosh S, Trivedi MV. Interventions to improve adherence to oral endocrine therapy for prevention or treatment of breast cancer in Black women of low socioeconomic status. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Dec 11; 34(1):24.

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Akinyemi O, Fullum T, Fasokun M, Hughes K, Yue D, Fryer CS, Chen J, White-Whilby K. Variation of metabolic and bariatric surgery utilization by neighborhood socioeconomic status in Maryland. PLoS One. 2025; 20(11):e0330318.

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Balsara K, Iftikhar A, Animashaun E, Assari S, Zare H. Exploring the relationship between depressive symptoms, allostatic load, and income inequality in US adults aged 20 and older. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Nov; 384:118594.

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Finocchiaro A, Tylecki A, Vigan? S, Bertini A, Ficarra V, Di Trapani E, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Sood A, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Socioeconomic disparities and bladder cancer stage at diagnosis: a statewide cohort analysis. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Jul 01; 9(4).

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Vigan? S, Finati M, Stephens A, Bertini A, Finocchiaro A, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Rossanese M, Di Trapani E, Ficarra V, Sood A, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Socioeconomic Disparities in Prostate Cancer Treatment: The Impact of Area Deprivation Index on Initial Treatment Type for Localized PCa in a North-American Cohort. Prostate. 2025 Jun; 85(8):758-766.

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Tseng VL, Kitayama K, Yu F, Coleman AL. Associations Between Socioeconomic Factors and Neovascular Glaucoma in a United States Medicare Population. J Glaucoma. 2025 11 01; 34(11):940-945.

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Kitayama K, Tsugawa Y, Nishi A, Coleman AL. Socioeconomic Status Mediates and Modifies Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Incisional Glaucoma Surgical Outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025 Jun; 274:249-257.

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Okuyama K, L?nn SL, Khoshnood AM, Assari S, Sundquist J, Sundquist K. School performance gap between non-immigrant and second-generation immigrant children in Sweden-time trends and contributing factors. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1521387.

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