Gender differences in health in later life: The new paradox?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-76

  Arber, Sara ^a   Cooper, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; General Household Survey; Health inequalities; Paradox; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032948545     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00289-5     Document Type: Article

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