Is gender inequality in the domestic sphere associated with psychological distress among women and men? Results from the Northern Swedish Cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-276

  Harryson, Lisa ^a   Novo, Mehmed ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84857192611     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109231     Document Type: Article

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