Social class and self-reported health status among men and women: What is the role of work organisation, household material standards and household labour?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1869-1887

  Borrell, Carme ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b   Benach, Joan ^c   Artazcoz, Lucía ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inequalities in health; Mediating factors; Self reported health; Social class; Spain; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANUAL LABOR; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1542358745     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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