The relationship of socio-economic status, labor force participation, and health among men and women

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-463

  Ostrove, Joan M ^a   Adler, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Psychology ^*

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Health; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 0031789284     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539800300401     Document Type: Article

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