Complaints of insomnia among midlife employed people: The contribution of childhood and present socioeconomic circumstances

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 828-836

  Lallukka, Tea ^a,b   Arber, Sara ^b   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complaints of insomnia; Economic difficulties; Education; Household income; Life course; Occupational class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; INSOMNIA; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956502191     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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