Underemployment: Consequences for the health and well-being of workers

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Friedland, Daniel S ^a   Price, Richard H ^b  

^a International Survey Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Employment status; Longitudinal research; Physical health; Psychological well being; Underemployment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1542435544     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025638705649     Document Type: Review

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