The influence of work-family conflict trajectories on self-rated health trajectories in Switzerland: A life course approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-33

  Cullati, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cumulative advantage and disadvantage; Health inequalities; Health trajectories; Life course; Switzerland; Work and family conflict

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWITZERLAND; WORK; CONFLICT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84901981666     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.030     Document Type: Article

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