Places, people and mental health: A multilevel analysis of economic inactivity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 633-645

  Fone, David ^a   Dunstan, Frank ^a   Williams, Gareth ^a   Lloyd, Keith ^b   Palmer, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Multilevel modelling; Permanent sickness and disability; Place; Socio economic status; UK; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFECT SIZE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845713117     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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