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FAMILY STRUCTURE AND MATERNAL HEALTH TRAJECTORIES
Meadows, Sarah O.; McLanahan, Sara S.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2006
Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS) this paper examines trajectories of mothers’ mental and physical health …Existing research shows that marriage and marital stability are positively associated with health and well-being. Thus …, specifically focusing on transitions into and out of relationships with the child’s biological father (n = 2,649). Mothers who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720729
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In sickness and in health: an examination of relationship status and health using data from the Canadian National Public Health Survey
Averett, Susan; Argys, Laura; Sorkin, Julia - In: Review of Economics of the Household 11 (2013) 4, pp. 599-633
There is an extensive literature suggesting that marriage confers benefits to both men and women in the form of … marriage. Third, we incorporate cohabitation as a separate relationship status. After controlling for time-invariant factors … related to selection into and out of marriage, we find that marriage confers health benefits in the form of improved mental …
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Socioeconomic pathways to depressive symptoms in adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie; Taylor, Miles - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 5, pp. 734-743
The existence of a direct effect of early socioeconomic position (SEP) on adult mental health outcomes net of adult SEP is still debated. This question demands the explicit modeling of pathways linking early SEP to adult SEP and mental health. In light of this background, we pursue two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010582271
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Invariance Testing of the SF-36 Health Survey in Women Breast Cancer Survivors: Do Personal and Cancer-related Variables Influence the Meaning of Quality of Life Items?
Mosewich, Amber; Hadd, Valerie; Crocker, Peter; Zumbo, Bruno - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 2, pp. 559-577
Quality of life (QoL) is affected by issues specific to illness trajectory and thus, may differ, and potentially take on different meanings, at different stages in the cancer process. A widely used measure of QoL is the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36; Ware <CitationRef CitationID="CR57">1993</CitationRef>); therefore, support for its...</citationref>
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Employment propensity: The roles of mental and physical health
Pacheco, Gail; Webber, Don J. - Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology - 2011
This paper presents an investigation into the impacts of mental and physical health on the propensity to be employed. Health status is parameterised using three physical and three mental health indicators. After controlling for various socioeconomic factors, the application of limited dependent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902125
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The Association Between the Fear of Crime, and Mental and Physical Wellbeing in New Zealand
Pearson, Amber; Breetzke, Gregory - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 1, pp. 281-294
Researchers have provided clear evidence that the fear of crime can lead to various mental health-related issues including anxiety and psychological distress. However, studies on the effects of fear of crime on physical health are limited. Adding to and extending this literature, we evaluated...
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The Health Consequences of Adverse Labor Market Events: Evidence from Panel Data
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Webber, Douglas A.; French, … - Economics Department, Temple University - 2013
This study investigates the associations between self-assessed adverse labor market events (experiencing problems with coworkers, employment changes, financial strain) and health. Longitudinal data are obtained from the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions. Our...
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The Effects of Cannabis Use on Physical and Mental Health
Ours, Jan C van; Williams, Jenny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper investigates whether cannabis use affects physical and mental health. To do so, information on prime aged individuals living in Amsterdam in 1994 is used. Dutch data offer a clear advantage in estimating the health impacts of cannabis use because the legal status of cannabis in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209833
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What Do We Know About the Link Between Marriage and Health?
Koball, Heather L.; Moiduddin, Emily; Henderson, Jamila; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This special journal issue presents nine new studies on the relationship between marriage and health among African … African American marriage rates, and presents evidence for the marriage-health link in this population. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609223
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Does Labor Market Status Influence Self-Assessed Health?
Jefferson, Philip; Pryor, Frederic - In: International Advances in Economic Research 20 (2014) 1, pp. 45-56
This study examines whether individuals’ self-assessed health is related to their previous standing in the labor market and their self-assessed health at that time. We find that, once self-assessed health in the past is controlled for, none of the specified reasons behind individuals’ labor...
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