Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study

Health Policy

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 172-179

  Lindström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Marital status; Material conditions; Self rated health; Social capital; Sweden; Trust

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350589134     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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