A qualitative study of the impact of the UK 'bedroom tax'

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-205

  Moffatt, S ^a   Lawson, S ^a   Patterson, R ^a   Holding, E ^a   Dennison, A ^a   Sowden, S ^a   Brown, J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GATESHEAD COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Mental health; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ENGLAND; FAMILY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PURCHASING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING; ADULT; AGED; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979220364     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv031     Document Type: Article

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