Increased stress among women following an economic collapse-a prospective cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 979-988

  Hauksdóttir, Arna ^a   McClure, Christopher ^a,b   Jonsson, Stefan Hrafn ^a,c   Ólafsson, Örn ^a   Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Directrate of Health   (Iceland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

economic recession; psychology; socioeconomic factors; stress; unemployment; women

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ICELAND;

EID: 84877290363     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws347     Document Type: Article

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