National independence, women's political participation, and life expectancy in Norway

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1350-1357

  Nobles, Jenna ^a,c   Brown, Ryan ^b   Catalano, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical demography; Intrauterine and neonatal transfers; Life expectancy; Lifecourse; Norway; Political processes; Time series analysis; Women

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER ISSUE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOVEREIGNTY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORWAY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POLITICS;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951092281     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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