Perceived Age Discrimination as a Mediator of the Association Between Income Inequality and Older People's Self-Rated Health in the European Region

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 901-912

  Vauclair, Christin Melanie ^a   Marques, Sibila ^a   Lima, Maria L ^a   Abrams, Dominic ^b   Swift, Hannah ^b   Bratt, Christopher ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Income inequality; Multilevel mediation; Older adults; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGEISM; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84946605373     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu066     Document Type: Article

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