Socioeconomic factors associated with trajectories of caring by young and mid-aged women: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tooth, Leigh ^a   Mishra, Gita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Health behaviours; Health status; Latent class; Mid aged women; Socioeconomic status; Trajectories; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892731264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-74     Document Type: Article

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