The impact of subjective and objective social status on psychological distress among men and women in Japan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1832-1839

  Sakurai, Keiko ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Yamaoka, Kazue ^b   Ishikawa, Hirono ^c   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community; Gender difference; Japan; Mental health; Psychological distress; Socioeconomic status (SES); Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952489478     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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