Evidence from the 2001 English Census on the contribution of employment status to the social gradient in self-rated health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-280

  Popham, F ^a   Bambra, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649330150     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.087452     Document Type: Article

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