The role of behavioural factors in explaining socio-economic differences in adolescent health: A multilevel study in 33 countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 396-403

  Richter, Matthias ^a   Erhart, Michael ^b   Vereecken, Carine A ^c   Zambon, Alessio ^d   Boyce, William ^e   Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic ^f  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Comparative; Family affluence; Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC); Health behaviours; Mediation; Self rated health (SRH); Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; VEGETABLE; AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67650730014     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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