Tracing the origins of successful aging: The role of childhood conditions and social inequality in explaining later life health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1418-1425

  Brandt, Martina ^a   Deindl, Christian ^b   Hank, Karsten ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult health; Childhood conditions; Europe; SHARELIFE; Social inequality; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIVING STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; READING; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859424206     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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