Employment status and self-rated health in north-western China

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-179

  Luo, J ^a,b   Qu, Z ^b   Rockett, I ^a   Zhang, X ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Employment; Self rated health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; QINGHAI; XINING;

EID: 77951209241     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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