Welfare state regime life courses: The development of Western European welfare state regimes and age-related patterns of educational inequalities in self-reported health

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-420

  Bambra, Clare ^a   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Eikemo, Terje ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATION REFORM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STATE ROLE; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WELFARE;

SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 77953835565     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.40.3.b     Document Type: Article

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