Not all hours are equal: Could time be a social determinant of health?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-42

  Strazdins, Lyndall ^a   Welsh, Jennifer ^a   Korda, Rosemary ^a   Broom, Dorothy ^a   Paolucci, Francesco ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender inequalities; Mental health; Physical activity; Social determinants of health; Time poverty; Time pressure; Work and family

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954216150     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12300     Document Type: Article

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