To what extent do financial strain and labour force status explain social class inequalities in self-rated health? Analysis of 20 countries in the European Social Survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Shaw, Richard J ^a   Benzeval, Michaela ^b   Popham, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGARY; INCOME; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; WELFARE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907979404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110362     Document Type: Article

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