The effect of social relations with children on the education-health link in men and women aged 40 and over

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 949-960

  Antonucci, Toni C ^a   Ajrouch, Kristine J ^b   Janevic, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Parent child relationship; Physical health; Social support; Socioeconomic status; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDUCATION; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037367256     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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