Prevalence of smoking, chewing and dual use of tobacco over two survey rounds are presented by the three primary markers of socioeconomic status (SES)—education, wealth and caste (table 1) along with percentage change estimates.
In separate models that adjusted for age, marital status, religion and place of residence, statistically significant associations were observed between SES and self-reported diabetes for each of the primary markers of SES in this study: social caste, household wealth and education.
But is that really the marker of wealth?
We've seen in recent years that that trend has reversed, that having student loan debt is no longer the marker of wealth, or expected wealth as it used to be.
Obesity is culturally acceptable and even desirable in many parts of Nigeria, and often seen as a marker of wealth and high standard of living.
†<25th percentile of a calculated index of 11 markers of wealth.
†<25th percentile of a calculated index of 11 markers of wealth: electricity, pipe-borne water, radio, fan, cupboard, television, bicycle, motorbike, refrigerator, car/truck/tractor, cattle.
HOMES are the primary form of wealth for most Americans.
The physiocrats of 18th-century France saw it as the primary guarantor of wealth.
Whereas livestock is a secondary source of wealth to the Otoro, cattle are the primary source of wealth, prestige, and political position for the Humr Baqqārah.
