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 112 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
2001	0	3	3
2002	0	4	4
2003	1	1	2
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	4	6
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	4	4
2008	2	2	4
2009	1	6	7
2010	2	2	4
2011	3	2	5
2012	3	1	4
2013	1	3	4
2014	2	9	11
2015	0	2	2
2016	1	5	6
2017	4	0	4
2018	0	3	3
2019	2	5	7
2020	1	3	4
2021	1	7	8
2022	0	3	3
2023	2	2	4
2024	2	2	4
2025	2	1	3
2026	3	0	3

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Ghazi L, Lewis CE, Jaeger BC, Kiefe CI, Foti K, Gabriel KP, Allen NB, Abdalla M, Levy PD, Hardy ST, Muntner P. Association of Socioeconomic Position with Incident Hypertension Hospitalization and Blood Pressure Control among Participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Am J Hypertens. 2026 05 01; 39(5):687-695.

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Evans LA, Gadwah-Meaden C, Geissler KH, Kranz AM. Association Between Perceived Racial Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, and Oral Health Among Children: Evidence From the National Survey of Children's Health 2016-2022. J Public Health Dent. 2026 Mar; 86 Suppl 1:8-19.

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Bheemireddy S, Gajjar AA, Abe M, Custozzo A, Lipp S, Ringer A, Essibayi MA, Altschul D, Goren O, Oliver J, Reese JC, Entezami P, Chaudry I, Manos S, Turk AS, Sagues E, Gudino A, Samaniego EA, K?hn AL, Singh J, Puri AS, Roy JM, ElNaamani K, Gooch MR, Jaikumar V, Siddiqui AH, Boulos AS, Dalfino JC, Paul AR. Multicenter study of association between socioeconomic status and treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms compared to unruptured cerebral aneurysms: insights from 4,517 patients using the area deprivation index. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Feb 16; 18(3):886-892.

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Sperber JF, Hart ER, Troller-Renfree SV, Watts TW, Miller M, Bellatin A, Meyer J, Dettmer AM, Champagne FA, Noble KG. Associations among prenatal stress, socioeconomic status, and infant epigenetic aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Oct; 180:107575.

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Abdallah N, Ismayl M, Mohamoud A, Samra M, Goldsweig AM. Socioeconomic disparities in In-hospital outcomes and readmission rates among patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis: A national analysis from the United States. Heart Lung. 2025 Nov-Dec; 74:206-210.

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Griswold MK, Crawford SL, Person SD, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Cozier YC. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among Primiparous Black Women. Breastfeed Med. 2025 May; 20(5):310-319.

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Doan TD, Suh L, Wu M, Cherng N, Perugini R. The role of socioeconomic status in resolution of type 2 diabetes mellitus following longitudinal sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Endosc. 2025 01; 39(1):568-576.

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Darivemula S, Kouassi-Brou M, Pollack C, Paris A, Goodman D, Fisher T. Multivariable modeling: A retrospective cohort study exploring the impact of socioeconomic status and distance to a rural academic center on all-cause preterm delivery. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0306859.

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Sandre A, Troller-Renfree SV, Giebler MA, Meyer JS, Noble KG. Prenatal family income, but not parental education, is associated with resting brain activity in 1-month-old infants. Sci Rep. 2024 06 13; 14(1):13638.

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Call C, Oran A, O'Shea TM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Vaidya R, Shenberger J, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Fry RC, Singh R. Health-related quality of life at age 10 years in children born extremely preterm. J Perinatol. 2024 06; 44(6):835-843.

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