The impact of in-work tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: A cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 682-688

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Carter, Kristie ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Davis, Peter ^c   Gunasekara, Fiona Imlach ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^d,e   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; TAX INCENTIVE; WELFARE REFORM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; TAX SYSTEM;

NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; TAX; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMPLOYMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLICY; POVERTY; SELF-RATED HEALTH;

ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885361134     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202300     Document Type: Article

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