The impact of an unconditional tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: Further evidence from the cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-119

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Carter, Kristie ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Davis, Peter ^c   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adults; Cohort study; Financial credit; Income; New Zealand; Poverty; Self rated health; Social policy

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CREDIT PROVISION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; SOCIAL POLICY; TAX SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY INCOME; FAMILY TAX CREDIT; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; TAX; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898687506     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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