Religion, sociodemographic and personal characteristics, and self-reported health in Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics living in low-socioeconomic status neighborhoods

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 469-484

  Franzini, Luisa ^a   Ribble, John C ^b   Wingfield, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Race ethnicity; Religion; Simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 24344476201     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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