Multigenerational family structure in Japanese society: Impacts on stress and health behaviors among women and men

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Takeda, Yasuhisa ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Yamagata, Zentaro ^b   Hashimoto, Shuji ^c   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^d   Oguri, Shigenori ^e   Okayama, Akira ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^e IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Family structure; Gender differences; Health behavior; Japan; Parents in law; Worry

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY STRUCTURE;

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SITTING; SMOKING; STRESS; WELFARE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1842861886     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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