11.4 Paraphrasing a Source

Future research is needed to assess the longer-term and cause-specific patterns of illness and

death that will emerge, and to show which macro- and micro-level mechanisms are most impor-

tant in explaining these patterns. We have highlighted the theoretical and analytical perspectives

that sociology can offer to help tackle this substantial research challenge. Future work should en-

deavor to measure experiences across domains, from personal work history, to housing and wealth

trajectories, to evolving community social conditions, as well as attend to the modifying effects of

factors including gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic position, life course stage, and the pre-

vailing policy environment. We need new data sources and creative modeling solutions that can

better account for multiple shocks and individual responses over time and the way these intersect

with and are affected by individuals’ health trajectories. The evidence base would benefit from

novel uses of quantitative data, such as increased use of biomarker data to track health change and

merging of environmental measures with aggregate, community, and household-level social and

economic data. It would also benefit from greater attention to qualitative studies of process and de-

cision making in the face of recessionary events. Such developments would not only provide a more

complete understanding of the links between the business cycle and well-being, but would also

enhance the broader field of research on the social factors influencing health and health disparities

in an era of expanding social inequality and instability (Danziger 2013, Western et al. 2012).

 

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My paraphrase

 

On going research and data is needed to understand the social well being of Americans. New data can help with solutions to the economy.If patterns are found they can only help with processes.