Refining the association between education and health: The effects of quantity, credential, and selectivity

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-460

  Ross, Catherine E ^a   Mirowsky, John ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033217517     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648083     Document Type: Article

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