Role of respondents' education as a mediator and moderator in the association between childhood socio-economic status and later health and wellbeing

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed ^a   Abelsen, Birgit ^a   Olsen, Jan Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood socioeconomic conditions; Effect decomposition; EQ 5D; Mediation; Norway; Self rated health; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84964312751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1172     Document Type: Article

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