Does the state you live in make a difference? Multilevel analysis of self-rated health in the US

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-19

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Kennedy, Bruce P ^b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Income inequality; Multilevel studies; Self rated health; Social capital; US

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK FACTOR; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035007916     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00309-9     Document Type: Article

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