Cross-national variation of gender differences in adolescent subjective health in Europe and North America

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 815-827

  Torsheim, Torbjørn ^a   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^b   Hetland, Jorn ^a   Välimaa, Raili ^c   Danielson, Mia ^d   Overpeck, Mary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Gender development index; Gender empowerment measure; Somatic complaints

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 30644475834     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.047     Document Type: Article

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