Reconceptualizing Health Lifestyles: The Case of Marriage
Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care
ISBN: 978-1-78635-468-6, eISBN: 978-1-78635-467-9
ISSN: 0275-4959
Publication date: 8 August 2016
Abstract
Originality/value
Contrary to previous research, we conclude that the lifestyle of married adults is not uniformly healthy.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
This research was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging: “Reconceptualizing Socioeconomic Status and Health” to Catherine E. Ross (RO1AG035268). Data collection for the Texas Survey of Adults was funded by the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin.
Citation
Ross, C.E., Hill, T.D. and Mirowsky, J. (2016), "Reconceptualizing Health Lifestyles: The Case of Marriage", Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 34), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 243-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-495920160000034013
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