Is socioeconomic disparity in disability improving among Korean elders?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-287

  Jang, Soong Nang ^a   Cho, Sung il ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disability; Korea; Older persons; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

KOREA;

EID: 77953684676     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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