Gender, ethnicity and self-reported health: The case of African-Caribbean populations in London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-385

  Curtis, Sarah ^a   Lawson, Kim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbean populations in Britain; Gender differences; Reported health

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RACE RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033991055     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00294-4     Document Type: Article

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