Does village inequality in modern income harm the psyche? Anger, fear, sadness, and alcohol consumption in a pre-industrial society

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-372

  Godoy, Ricardo A ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   McDade, Thomas ^b   Huanca, Tomás ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   Tanner, Susan ^c   Vadez, Vincent ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Emotions; Health; Income inequality; Social capital; Tsimane'

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEALTH RISK; INCOME; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRESS; VILLAGE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BOLIVIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646850189     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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