The association between life course socioeconomic position and life satisfaction in different welfare states: European comparative study of individuals in early old age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 431-436

  Niedzwiedz, Claire L ^a   Katikireddi, Srinivasavittal ^a   Pell, Jill P ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Older people; Quality of life; Satisfaction; Socioeconomic factors; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; EUROPEAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELFARE; WELLBEING; AGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84901748159     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu004     Document Type: Article

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