Marital status effects on health: Are there differences between never married women and divorced and separated women?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1387-1397

  Waldron, Ingrid ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a   Hughes, Mary Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Marital status; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030820025     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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