A recent article in this journal, “The child health/family income gradient: Evidence from England” (Alison Currie, Michael A. Shields and Stephen Wheatley Price, 2007) argues that income gradients in the health of English children differ from those observed in either the US or Canada. Using data from the 1997 to 2002 Health Survey for England (HSE), Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price (CSW) conclude that English health gradients in income are small and increase little as children grow older. These findings are consistent with other research from England, which indicates that SES gradients in health that are present in earlier.
