The Comparison of General Health and Life Expectancy between Students with Favorable and Unfavorable Socioeconomic Status

Introduction: the present study aims to compare general health and life expectancy between students with favorable and unfavorable socioeconomic status. methods: the statistical population in this study consists of all students of lamerd city in the second semester of the academic year 2013-2014. the sample of this study consists of 200 male and female students, 100 ones in the favorable socioeconomic status and 100 ones in unfavorable socioeconomic status which were selected by multistage random sampling. results: the results of the analysis of manova on the mean of life expectancy and general health scores indicated that there is a significant difference between the two groups regarding the variables investigated. conclusion: in general, given the vulnerability of people who are in low socioeconomic status compared to other segments of society, more attention should be paid to this issue by the authorities.