Linking credentialed skills, social class, working conditions and self-reported health: A focus on health inequality-generating mechanisms

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 948-964

  Vanroelen, Christophe ^a,b   Levecque, Katia ^c   Moors, Guy ^d   Louckx, Fred ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Modified LISREL; Occupational stress; Social class; Socio economic health inequalities

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CREDENTIALING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957145616     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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