The association between mid-life socioeconomic position and health after retirement - Exploring the role of working conditions

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 863-881

  Parker, Vanessa ^a   Andel, Ross ^b   Nilsen, Charlotta ^a   Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

after retirement age; health; old age; physical working conditions; psychological working conditions; socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AFTER RETIREMENT AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WORKING CONDITIONS; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; WORKPLACE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFTER RETIREMENT AGE; HEALTH; OLD AGE; PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WORKING CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84883385516     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313492822     Document Type: Article

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