The role of gender in the association of social capital, social support, and economic security with self-rated health among older adults in deprived communities in Beirut

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1371-1379

  Chemaitelly, Hiam ^a   Kanaan, Caroline ^b   Beydoun, Hind ^c   Chaaya, Monique ^b   Kanaan, Mona ^d   Sibai, Abla M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic security; Lebanon; Older people; Self rated health; Social capital; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885172639     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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