Socioeconomic disparities in self-reported arthritis for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged 18–64

Abstract

The SES disparities were less consistent in the Indigenous than the non-Indigenous population, and within the Indigenous population, they were less consistent for arthritis than those previously reported for diabetes among the same survey participants. Although some of the differences may be due to self-reporting of disease, these findings also suggest the potential salience of factors occurring across the SES spectrum, especially among Indigenous Australians.

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