Subjective financial well-being, income and health inequalities in mid and later life in Britain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-20

  Arber, Sara ^a   Fenn, Kirsty ^a   Meadows, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Health inequalities; Income; Later life; Mid life; Self reported health; Subjective financial well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; LOGISTICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BRITAIN; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; INCOME; LATER LIFE; MID-LIFE; SELF-REPORTED HEALTH; SUBJECTIVE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892510581     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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