Onset of disability and life satisfaction: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-485

  Pagán Rodríguez, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GSOEP; Life satisfaction; Onset of disability; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956392440     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0184-z     Document Type: Article

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