Multilevel analysis of effects of individual characteristics and household factors on self-rated health among older adults in rural Vietnam

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Van Minh, Hoang ^a   Byass, Peter ^b   Wall, Stig ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Aging; Multilevel analysis; Self rated health; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 77952510373     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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