The contribution of intermediary factors to marital status differences in self-reported health

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 476-490

  Joung, I M A ^b   Stronks, K ^b   Van De Mheen, H ^b   Van Poppel, F W A ^a   Van Der Meer, J B W ^b   Mackenbach, J P ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Marital status; Material circumstances; Psychosocial factors; Self reported health; Social causation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039560346     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353484     Document Type: Article

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