Long term employment of African-American and white welfare recipients and the role of persistent health and mental health problems

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 21-40

  Corcoran, Mary ^a   Danziger, Sandra K ^a   Tolman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment of welfare recipients; Health problems; Race differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELFARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 10944240047     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n04_02     Document Type: Article

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