Friends are equally important to men and women, but family matters more for men's well-being

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Cable, Noriko ^a   Bartley, Mel ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^b   Sacker, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872142438     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201113     Document Type: Article

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