Socio-economic gradients in psychological distress: A focus on women, social roles and work-home characteristics

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 799-810

  Matthews, Sharon ^a   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British birth cohort; Domestic responsibility; Inequality in health; Job strain; Psychological distress; Women

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036180103     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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