Accumulated financial strain and women's health over three decades

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-594

  Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv ^a   Wilkinson, Lindsay R ^b,c   Ferraro, Kenneth F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative advantage disadvantage theory; Cumulative Inequality Theory; Economic hardship; Life course; Multi level models; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866352028     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs056     Document Type: Article

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