Gender and the structure of self-rated health across the adult life span

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-66

  Zajacova, Anna ^a   Huzurbazar, Snehalata ^b   Todd, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Gender; Life span; Self rated health; US adults; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; AGE; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85021065373     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.019     Document Type: Article

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