Social participation and healthy ageing: An international comparison using SHARE data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2017-2026

  Sirven, Nicolas ^a,b   Debrand, Thierry ^a  

^a IRDES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactual analysis; Europe; Healthy ageing; Self reported health; SHARE; Social capital; Social participation; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56349171220     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.056     Document Type: Article

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