Socioeconomic status, marital status continuity and change, marital conflict, and mortality

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-742

  Choi, Heejeong ^a   Marks, Nadine F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

health; income; marital conflict; marital quality; marital status; mortality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955724057     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310393339     Document Type: Article

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