Transitions into informal caregiving and out of paid employment of women in their 50s

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Berecki Gisolf, Janneke ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^a   Hockey, Richard ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Informal care; Labour; Middle age; Policy; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

AGING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 44349159995     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.031     Document Type: Article

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