The role of defamilialization in the relationship between partnership and self-rated health: A cross-national comparison of Canada and the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1342-1350

  Clouston, Sean A P ^a,b   Quesnel Vallée, Amélie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cohabitation; Cross national comparison; Health selection; Marriage; Partnership benefits; Self rated health; USA

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARRIAGE; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNERSHIP BENEFIT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL POLICY DEFAMILIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864629535     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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