Researchers have long demonstrated that persons of high economic status are likely to be healthier than persons of low socioeconomic standing. Cross-national studies have also demonstrated that health of the population tends to increase with country's level of economic development and to decline...

Recent studies carried out in the United States consistently showed employed women to enjoy better health than non-employed women. Various measures were used and a number of explanatory approaches have been advanced. The present study follows previous research and its purpose is two-fold: first,...