Income or living standard and health in germany: Different ways of measurement of relative poverty with regard to self-rated health

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-384

  Pfoertner, Timo Kolja ^a   Andress, Hans Juergen ^a   Janssen, Christian ^b  

^a Hochschule Munic ^*

^b Department of Applied Social Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Income; Living standard; Poverty; Poverty measures; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755143544     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0154-3     Document Type: Article

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