Mental wellbeing amongst younger and older migrant workers in comparison to their urban counterparts in Guangzhou city, China: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Jie ^a   Chang, Shu Sen ^b,c   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Li, Juan ^a   Jordan, Lucy P ^b   Tang, Yunge ^d   Hao, Yuantao ^e   Huang, Xingmei ^a   Yang, Ning ^a   Chen, Chaoqi ^a   Zeng, Qiaomei ^a  

^a Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Ju Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Family Planning Research Institute of Guangdong Province   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Guangzhou; Mental health; Migration; SF 36; Wellbeing; WHO 5

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924237993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1280     Document Type: Article

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