ABSTRACT
This chapter describes in Locating Health are intended to make a stimulating intellectual contribution to the debate on health-related divisions and inequalities which is likely to continue unabated during the 1990s. Nevertheless, a number of lacunae or weak spots in the health inequalities debate can still be identified. Jennie Popay and Mel Bartley develop an integrated theory of the relationships between labour conditions, gender and social class inequalities in health. Health divisions and inequalities have been long-standing topics of empirical investigation and interpretation among sociologists, epidemiologists and those charged with promoting and maintaining the public health. Dallas Cliff finds empirical support for the contention that the divide between 'lifestyle-orientated' retirees and those who are reproducing earlier patterns of health-related early retirement is widening. Early retirement provides a salient focus for an examination of the reciprocal influence of health and social location. The direct implications of paid employment for the health of workers are considered.
