Social and health determinants of well being and life satisfaction in Jamaica

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Hutchinson, Gerard ^a   Simeon, D T ^a   Bain, B C ^b   Wyatt, G E ^c   Tucker, M B ^c   LeFranc, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2342532367     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764004040952     Document Type: Article

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