From macro to micro: The health of Swedish lone mothers during changing economic and social circumstances

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2474-2488

  Fritzell, Sara ^a   Ringbäck Weitoft, Gunilla ^b   Fritzell, Johan ^c,d   Burström, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Mothers; Self rated health; Single parent; Sweden; Welfare state; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF LIVING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; WELFARE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36348953702     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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