A global assessment of the gender gap in self-reported health with survey data from 59 countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boerma, Ties ^a   Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Verdes, Emese ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural factors; Biological factors; Chronic conditions; Gender differences; Gender inequality; Health surveys; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982852282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3352-y     Document Type: Article

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