Socioeconomic status and depression across Japan, Korea, and China: Exploring the impact of labor market structures

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 604-614

  Nishimura, Junko ^a  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Depression; Education; Japan; Korea; Labor market structure; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; LABOR; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SEXISM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 80051784102     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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