Risk behaviour, parental background, and wealth: A cluster analysis among Swedish boys and girls in the HBSC study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 368-376

  Carlerby, Heidi ^a   Englund, Erling ^b   Knutsson, Anders ^a   Gådin, Katja Gillander ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Development Centre for the County Council of Västernorrland   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; FAS; intersectional; multiple risk behaviour; socio demography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84863845755     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812449926     Document Type: Article

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