Is neighborhood socioeconomic status associated with health behavior in Berlin? Cross-sectional data of the German National Cohort (NAKO)
Our analyses suggest a rather small association between Berlin's nSES and HLI, and slightly stronger associations with BMI and smoking. Future studies using longitudinal data and more neighbourhood measures are needed to better disentangle contextual influences from residential selection and to inform targeted prevention strategies.
Authors
- K Wolf
- Karen Steindorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-5651)
- Lilian Krist
- Thomas Keil
- Matthias B. Schulze
Institutions
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Health and Safety Authority (IE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26734-5
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft