Health disparities in mid-to-late life: The role of earlier life family and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-636

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b   Rogowski, Jeannette A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Life course; Multi level modeling; Neighborhood effects; Racial socioeconomic disparities; Self assessed health; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FAMILY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; NEGRO; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856395658     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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