Income and health in different welfare contexts: A comparison of Sweden, East and West Germany

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-268

  Miething, Alexander ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^a   Geyer, Siegfried ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Germany and West Germany; relative income inequality; self rated health; Sweden; welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876159714     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812472264     Document Type: Article

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