Socioeconomic status and health among the aged in the United States and Germany: A comparative cross-sectional study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1643-1652

  Von Dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a   Lüschen, Günther ^b   Cockerham, William C ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative cross sectional study; Elderly population; Germany; Health; Socioeconomic status; United States

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH AND DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERMANY; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041924967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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