Health Trajectories over the Life Course: The Consequences of Childhood Health and Social Background Factors • Steven A. Haas, Harvard University

Social Differences in Health and Mortality in Old Age. Evidence from US Survey Data and Danish Register Data • Rasmus Hoffmann, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Socioeconomic Status and Health Over the Life Course: An Aging-Vector Approach • Jinyoung Kim, University of Texas at Austin

A Test of the Social Causation Hypothesis and the SES Gradient: The Utility of Wealth, Self Reported Health, and Unmeasured Heterogeneity • Michael L. Spittel, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC