Level of education, age of bearing children and mental health of women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-836

  Williams, Sheila ^a   McGee, Rob ^a   Olaman, Susan ^b   Knight, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Educational level; Mental health; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030855758     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00423-6     Document Type: Article

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