Social inequalities in the association between partner/marital status and health among workers in Spain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-607

  Artazcoz, Lucia ^a,b   Cortès, Imma ^a,b   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Escribà Agüir, Vicenta ^b,d   Cascant, Lorena ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Centre for Public Health Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

Family characteristics; Gender; Marital status; Social factors; Spain; Work

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CLASS; COHABITATION; DIVORCE; DRUG; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; WIDOW; WORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

SPAIN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954430957     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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