Gender differences in the relationship between housing, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 177-195

  Dunn, James R ^a,b,c   Walker, Jennifer D ^c   Graham, Jennifer ^c   Weiss, Christina B ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Health inequalities; Household crowding; Housing satisfaction; Multivariate analysis; Self rated health status

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIAL; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROWDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 13144253153     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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