The impact of relative poverty on norwegian adolescents' subjective health: A causal analysis with propensity score matching

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4715-4731

  Elstad, Jon Ivar ^a   Pedersen, Axel West ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Causal inference; Poverty; Propensity score matching; Relative deprivation; Subjective health; Symptoms; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; SYMPTOM; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84871542246     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9124715     Document Type: Article

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