An exploratory multilevel analysis of income, income inequality and self-rated health of the elderly in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2481-2492

  Feng, Zhixin ^a   Wang, Wenfei Winnie ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Li, Yaqing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Guangxi Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health of elderly; Income; Income inequality; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GINI COEFFICIENT; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; INSURANCE; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHINA;

EID: 84869499350     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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