Trajectories of functional health: The 'long arm' of childhood health and socioeconomic factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 849-861

  Haas, Steven ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood health; Health and retirement study; Health trajectories; Latent growth curve models; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749114685     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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