Does early-life income inequality predict self-reported health in later life? Evidence from the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 347-355

  Lillard, Dean R ^a,b,c   Burkhauser, Richard V ^b,c,d,e   Hahn, Markus H ^e   Wilkins, Roger ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult health; Early life conditions; Health Economics; Income inequality; Income Inequality; Life course; North America; Probit analysis; Regression; Self reported health; U.S.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922253370     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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