Meta-analysis of marital dissolution and mortality: Reevaluating the intersection of gender and age

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-59

  Shor, Eran ^a   Roelfs, David J ^b   Bugyi, Paul ^c   Schwartz, Joseph E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Marital dissolution; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; DIVORCE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; USSR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

ISRAEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84860695897     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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