Women's health in mid-life: Life course social roles and agency as quality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1561-1572

  McMunn, Anne ^a   Bartley, Mel ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Lifecourse; Social roles; UK; Women's health

Indexed keywords

AGE; FATIGUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROLE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746284518     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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