Employment status and mental health among persons with and without a disability: Evidence from an Australian cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1064-1071

  Milner, A ^a   LaMontagne, A D ^a,b   Aitken, Z ^a   Bentley, R ^a   Kavanagh, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84911408550     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204147     Document Type: Article

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