Employment status and perceived health condition: Longitudinal data from Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Minelli, Liliana ^a   Pigini, Claudia ^a,b   Chiavarini, Manuela ^a   Bartolucci, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Employment status; Fixed effects ordered logit model; Self reported health status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908219286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-946     Document Type: Article

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