Can Reporting Heterogeneity Explain Differences in Depressive Symptoms Across Europe?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-210

  Kok, Renske ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   d'Uva, Teresa Bago ^c,d   Mackenbach, Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; International; Reporting style; Socioeconomic; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EUROPE;

EID: 82555189820     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9877-7     Document Type: Article

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