Polygamy and poor mental health among Arab Bedouin women: Do socioeconomic position and social support matter?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-405

  Daoud, Nihaya ^a,b   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a   Urquia, Marcelo Louis ^b   O'Campo, Patricia ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arab Bedouin minority; depressive symptoms; marriage; polygamy; self rated health; social determinants; women's mental health

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; MARGINALIZATION; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLYGAMY; POWER RELATIONS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ISRAEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901029886     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.801403     Document Type: Article

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