The importance of children's ADHD for parents' relationship stability and labor supply

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-38

  Kvist, Anette Primdal ^a   Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^a   Simonsen, Marianne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADHD diagnosis; Administrative registers; Denmark; Divorce; Mental health; Parents' labor supply; Partnership stability

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIVORCE; INCOME; LABOR SUPPLY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DSM-IV; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878124962     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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