Widening inequalities in self-rated health by material deprivation? A trend analysis between 2001 and 2011 in Germany

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-89

  Pförtner, Timo Kolja ^a   Elgar, Frank J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; LIVING STANDARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958104405     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205948     Document Type: Article

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