Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland
Abstract Background Existing studies are divided as to whether social inequalities in health widen or converge as people age.In part this is due to reliance on cross-sectional data, but also among longitudinal studies to differences in the measurement of both socioeconomic status (SES) and health and in the treatment of survival effects.The aim of