Social and health-related correlates of intergenerational and intragenerational social mobility among Swedish men and women

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-357

  Novak, M ^a   Ahlgren, C ^b   Hammarstrom, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Determinants; Longitudinal; Occupational mobility; School environment; Socio economic position; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84858787301     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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