Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Social Conditions

The state of society as it exists or in flux. While it usually refers to society as a whole in a specified geographical or political region, it is applicable also to restricted strata of a society.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The state of society as it exists or in flux. While it usually refers to society as a whole in a specified geographical or political region, it is applicable also to restricted strata of a society.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Condition, Social
  • Conditions, Social
  • Social Condition
  • Living Conditions
  • Condition, Living
  • Conditions, Living
  • Living Condition

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geographic term if pertinent

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.853.450
  2. N01.824w.827

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Conditions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012924. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012924
  2. Social Conditions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261842