Ethnic differences in anticipated discrimination, generalised trust in other people and self-rated health: A population-based study in Sweden

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 417-434

  Mohseni, Mohabbat ^a   Lindstrom, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticipated discrimination; Country of origin; Ethnicity; Self rated health; Social capital; Sweden; Trust

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LABOR RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 53849134124     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802009603     Document Type: Article

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