Exploring the relation between class, gender, and self rated general health using the new socioeconomic classification. A study using data from the 2001 census

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 590-596

  Drever, Frances ^a   Doran, Tim ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OCCUPATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042663148     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.013383     Document Type: Article

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