The associations of household wealth and income with self-rated health - A study on economic advantage in middle-aged Finnish men and women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1018-1026

  Aittomäki, Akseli ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Health inequalities; Households; Income; Self rated health; Wealth

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WELFARE IMPACT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD WEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SELF CONCEPT;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 77955096166     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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