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Economic status and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous health gap

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.
Year of publication:
2008
Authors: Booth, Alison L. ; Carroll, Nick
Published in:
Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 99.2008, 3, p. 604-606
Publisher: Elsevier
Type of publication: Article
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005362422
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