Educational differences in leisure-time physical inactivity: A descriptive and explanatory study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1665-1676

  Droomers, M ^a   Schrijvers, C T M ^a   Van De Mheen, H ^a   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping style; Education; Material constraint; Personality; Physical inactivity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0031729057     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00272-X     Document Type: Article

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