Who takes paternity leave? A cohort study on prior social and health characteristics among fathers in Stockholm

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-341

  Månsdotter, Anna ^a   Fredlund, Peeter ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^b   Magnusson, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health; lifestyles; paternity leave; Social position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY LEAVE; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREJUDICE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956271741     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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