Perceived Socioeconomic Status: A New Type of Identity That Influences Adolescents' Self-Rated Health

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-487

  Goodman, Elizabeth ^a   Huang, Bin ^b   Schafer Kalkhoff, Tara ^b   Adler, Nancy E ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 35248901997     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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