The impact of pensions on health and wellbeing in rural South Africa: Does gender matter?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1864-1873

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b,c   Gómez Olivé, Xavier ^b   Ralston, Margaret ^a   Menken, Jane ^b,c   Tollman, Stephen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Health and demographic surveillance system; Pension; Quality of life; Social wellbeing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH INSURANCE; PENSION SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; WELLBEING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866172781     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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