Long-term effects of poor health on employment: the significance of life stage and educational level

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1096-1111

  Van der Wel, Kjetil A ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Employment; Health; HUNT study; Life course; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455164736     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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