An Approach to Studying Social Disparities in Health and Health Care
Paula A. Braveman, MD, MPH,
Susan A. Egerter, PhD,
Catherine Cubbin, PhD and
Kristen S. Marchi, MPH
Paula A. Braveman, Susan A. Egerter, Catherine Cubbin, and Kristen S. Marchi are with the Center on Social Disparities in Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Catherine Cubbin is also with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
FIGURE 1—Proportions of women with delayed or no prenatal care, by income: postpartum women surveyed in California in (a) 19941995 and (b) 19992001.
Note. Width of bar shows percentage of population in each income group.
*The proportion for this group in 19992001 was significantly different from that in 19941995 (at = .05).