Poverty, affluence, and income inequality: Neighborhood economic structure and its implications for health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 843-860

  Wen, Ming ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^b   Cagney, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Neighborhood; Physical disorder; Social capital; Socioeconomic status; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POVERTY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038162540     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00457-4     Document Type: Article

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