Cultural capital and self-rated health in low income women: Evidence from the urban health study, Beirut, Lebanon

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 444-458

  Khawaja, Marwan ^a   Mowafi, Mona ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Income; Lebanon; Mental health; Self rated health; Social capital; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEBANON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33748199116     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9051-8     Document Type: Review

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