Booth, Alison L and Carroll, Nick (2008) Economic status and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous health gap. Economics Letters, 99 (3). pp. 604-606. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.005
Booth, Alison L and Carroll, Nick (2008) Economic status and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous health gap. Economics Letters, 99 (3). pp. 604-606. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.005
Booth, Alison L and Carroll, Nick (2008) Economic status and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous health gap. Economics Letters, 99 (3). pp. 604-606. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.005
Abstract
Using unique survey data, we find a significant gap in the self-assessed health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The former have significantly worse health and almost half of the Indigenous health gap is explained by differences in economic variables.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Self-assessed health; Indigenous health; Health inequalities |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2012 18:04 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 10:23 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/3103 |