Occupational conditions exceed the importance of non-occupational conditions and ill health in explaining future unemployment among women and men

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Bildt, Carina ^a   Michelsen H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analyses of association; Cluster analysis; Gender differences; Gender segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038368988     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-002-0177-8     Document Type: Article

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