"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.996.755 N01.824.782
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Class- Social Class
- Class, Social
- Classes, Social
- Social Classes
Middle Class Population- Middle Class Population
- Class Population, Middle
- Class Populations, Middle
- Middle Class Populations
- Population, Middle Class
- Populations, Middle Class
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Class" by people in Profiles.
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DNA methylation in the placenta and household socioeconomic status: the SPAH study. Clin Epigenetics. 2026 Apr 24; 18(1).
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Educational and Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding: Associations with Work Status, Social Support, and Stress. Breastfeed Med. 2026 Mar; 21(3):186-192.
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Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Survival Disparities in Early-Onset Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 01 02; 9(1):e2553146.
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Socioeconomic status and risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in the All of Us Research Program. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1690430.
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Social Position and Opioid Crisis Information: Patterns of Active Seeking and Passive Exposure Among US Adults. J Health Commun. 2025; 30(10-12):594-601.
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Exposotypes in psychotic disorders. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 08; 15(1):29003.
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Investigating the role of neighborhood socioeconomic status and germline genetics on prostate cancer risk. HGG Adv. 2025 Oct 09; 6(4):100492.
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The role of Area Deprivation Index in treatment selection for anterior communicating artery aneurysms. J Neurosurg. 2025 Dec 01; 143(6):1606-1611.
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County-level socioeconomic, race-ethnicity, household, and infrastructure vulnerability associations with bone cancer treatment and prognosis in the US. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 08; 108:26-33.
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Ethnic and racial social identity, socioeconomic position, and women's bladder health. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Oct; 382:117694.