Job insecurity and change over time in health among older men and women

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Kalil, Ariel ^a   Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^b   Hawkley, Louise C ^c   Cacioppo, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Children and Poverty   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Mental health; Older adults; Physical health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ILLINOIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73949096912     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp100     Document Type: Article

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