Socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable intakes

Socioeconomic position (SEP) refers to an individual’s social and economic ranking within society based on access to resources (such as material and social assets, including income, wealth, and educational credentials) and prestige (ie, an individual’s status in a social hierarchy, linked for instance to their occupation, income, or education level) (Krieger et al., 1997). Individual SEP can be measured using a variety of indicators which commonly include education, occupation, and income (Galobardes et al., 2006). Composite measures are frequently used when examining neighborhood level measures of SEP and are commonly created by combining census data on a range of indicators.