Racial-ethnic disparities in health and the labor market: Losing and leaving jobs

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 768-776

  Strully, Kate ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Job loss; Racial ethnic health disparities; Socioeconomic status (SES); Unemployment; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAREER MOBILITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749115243     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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