Definitions and examples of social determinants of health (SDH) from World Health Organization Commission on SDH framework [3]
| SDH | Definitions and examples |
| Income | Components include the listing of individual/household income, wage earnings, pensions, child support etc. [3] |
| Education | Measurements as a continuous variable (e.g. years of completed education) or categorical variable (e.g. completion of primary or high school, higher education diplomas, or degrees) [3] |
| Occupation | The classification of jobs Any indication of employment (e.g. unemployed, retired, informal or illegal jobs) [22] |
| Social class | Defined according to relations of power, ownership and control over productive resources [3] |
| Sex | Biologically determined characteristics [23] |
| Race/ethnicity | Social groups sharing cultural heritage, ancestry and/or selective and arbitrary physical characteristics (e.g. skin colour) The reporting of race/ethnicity followed Krieger's glossary for social epidemiology [24], which employs a broad and comprehensive definition that encompasses social aspects beyond biological factors |