'Good luck to them if they can get it': Exploring working class men's understandings and experiences of income inequality and material standards

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 711-729

  Dolan, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Income inequality; Masculinity; Men's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34547880758     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01012.x     Document Type: Review

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