Inequalities in social capital and health between people with and without disabilities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-35

  Mithen, Johanna ^a   Aitken, Zoe ^a   Ziersch, Anne ^b   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Health inequalities; Impairment; Self rated health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916908773     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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