The mental health gender-gap in urban India: Patterns and narratives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1660-1672

  Das, Jishnu ^a,b   Das, Ranendra Kumar ^c   Das, Veena ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; India; Life events; Mental health; Mixed methods; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84865656699     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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