Social support at age 33: The influence of gender, employment status and social class

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-142

  Matthews, Sharon ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^b   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British birth cohort; Employment status; Gender; Social support

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH IMPACT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033002211     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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