IntroductionSocio-economic class or socio-economic status (SES) can refer to a mixture of various factors such as poverty, occupation and environment. It is a way of measuring the standard and quality of life of individuals and families in society using social and economic factors that affect health and well-being (Giddens and Sutton, 2013) . Cockerham (2007 p75) states: “Social class or socio-economic status (SES) is the most powerful predictor of health, causes of disease and longevity in medical sociology. » Research conducted in the 1990s (Drever & Whitehead, 1997) found that people with higher SES are generally healthier and live longer than those with lower SES. The biomedical model of health has been criticized because it does not include psychological and social causes. related to an individual's illness or health, looking only at biological causes (Giddens and Sutton, 2013). Therefore, sociologists, aware of the impacts of social structure and lifestyle on health, have made various efforts to place the study of the "social" at the heart of the examination of health and health care. The essay will focus on poverty, employment and unemployment. , poor diet as determinants of health in this context, among other factors such as housing, mental health, social support network, education, culture, individual behaviors, genetics, gender, because they have the best documented research evidence available on health inequalities in Britain. the Black Report (DHSS 1980; Townsend, Davidson, & Whitehead, 1992), the Acheson Report (Acheson 1998), and FairSociety, HealthyLives Report, and other academic sources. Employment and unemployment and their effects on health Unemployed people have poor health compared to what ...... middle of article ...... Oxford University Press. Meltzer, H., Gill, B., Petticrew, M. and Hinds, K. (1995), The Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living in Private Households, London: HMSO. Morris, JK, Cook, D. and Shaper, A. (1994) 'Loss of Employment and Mortality', British Medical Journal, 308, 1135-9. Moser, K., Goldblatt, P., Fox, J. and Jones, D. (1990) “Unemployment and Mortality”, in Goldblatt, P. (ed.), Longitudinal Study: Mortality and Social Organization 1971-81, OPCS LS 6, London: HMSOStark, C., Scott, J. and Mill, M. (1989) A Survey of the 'Long Stay' Users of DSS Resettlement Units: a research report, London, Department of Social Security. Townsend, P., Whitehead, M. and Davidson, N. (eds.) (1992) Health Inequalities: The Black Report and the Health Divide, Harmondsworth, Penguin. http://www.theguardian. com/politics/2006/feb/28/conservatives.uk