Status relations in school and their relevance for health in a life course perspective: Findings from the Aberdeen children of the 1950's cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-848

  Östberg, Viveca ^a   Modin, Bitte ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aberdeen Children of the 1950's study; Adult health; Health inequality; Life course; Middle childhood; Peer status; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749101025     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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