Income inequality and limitations in activities of daily living: A multilevel analysis of the 2003 American Community Survey

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Gadalla, Tahany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disabilities; Income inequality; Social determinants of health; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ONTARIO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149137262     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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