Does income inequality have lasting effects on health and trust?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-45

  Rözer, Jesper Jelle ^a   Volker, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Perceived health; Period and cohort effects; Social trust

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949844146     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.047     Document Type: Article

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