Economic Hardship and Educational Differentials in Disability in 26 European Countries

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1214-1238

  Cambois, Emmanuelle ^a   Solé Auró, Aïda ^b   Robine, Jean Marie ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

disability; economic hardship; Europe; inequality; SES differentials

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 84985903348     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264316656503     Document Type: Article

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