Unemployment and its association with health-relevant actions: Investigating the role of time perspective with German census data

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Schunck, Reinhard ^a   Rogge, Benedikt G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action theory; Health behaviour; Obesity; Smoking; Time perspective; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CENSUSES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77955981857     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0075-1     Document Type: Article

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