Gender and Life-Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult Health
Date
1993
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The Journal of Human Resources
Abstract
This study investigates the socioeconomic determinants of adult ill health in developing countries. Use as measures of health, self reported general health plus a variety of measures of problems in physical functioning. Strong residential effects exist, although the factors behind them remain to be investigated.
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Keywords
Life-Cycle Differentials, Gender, Adult health
Citation
Strauss J., Gertler P., Rahman M. Omar, Fox K. (1993). Gender and Life-Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult Health. The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 28, No. 4, Special Issue: Symposium on Investments in Women's Human Capital and Development (Autumn, 1993), pp. 791-837