Disparities in disability by educational attainment across US states

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1101-1108

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Zajacova, Anna ^b   Hayward, Mark D ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020514810     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303768     Document Type: Article

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