Gender equality in couples and self-rated health - A survey study evaluating measurements of gender equality and its impact on health

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sörlin, Ann ^a   Lindholm, Lars ^a   Ng, Nawi ^a   Hman, Ann ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender differences; gender equality; health; index

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; LOGISTICS; LONGEVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER EQUALITY; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF PERCEIVED GENDER EQUALITY QUESTION; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTED GENDER EQUALITY INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 80052027405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-37     Document Type: Article

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