Can subjective and objective socioeconomic status explain minority health disparities in Israel?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1460-1467

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Kaplan, Giora ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disparities; Gender; Israel; Multicultural; Objective socioeconomic status; Quality of life; Subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICULTURALISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71149103488     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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