Poverty, Education, and Health

Question 1

What are common patterns in health disparities?

Answer 1

Less well off people, with less social and political power, will generally have worse health, poorer services, and less fairness and protection for financing health

Question 2

Less well-off groups will generally include..

Answer 2

• women
• indigenous people
• ethnic and religious minorities
• rural area residents
• those working in the informal sectors
• less educated
• other marginalized groups
  These groups lack political voice