Objective and perceived neighborhood environment, individual SES and psychosocial factors, and self-rated health: An analysis of older adults in Cook County, Illinois

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2575-2590

  Wen, Ming ^a   Hawkley, Louise C ^b   Cacioppo, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Neighborhood perceptions; Neighborhood SES; Psychosocial factors; Self rated health; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

COOK COUNTY [ILLINOIS]; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749267961     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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