Does poverty reduce mental health? An instrumental variable analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-67

  Hanandita, Wulung ^a   Tampubolon, Gindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control function; Gmm; Indonesia; Instrumental variable; Mental health; Poverty; Precipitation anomaly; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WEATHER;

INDONESIA;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84901999665     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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