Selection of area-level variables from administrative data: An intersectional approach to the study of place and child development

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-511

  Kershaw, Paul ^a   Forer, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological health analyses; Feminism; Intersectionality; Multi level statistical modeling; Social determinants; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77649191946     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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