Rising U.S. income inequality, gender and individual self-rated health, 1972-2004

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1333-1342

  Zheng, Hui ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Income inequality; Self rated health; USA

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749094157     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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