A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gabriele Doblhammer, Jordi Gumà.
• Editors: Doblhammer, Gabriele; Gumà, Jordi
• Contents: Framework: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Summary and research implications: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Keynote chapters: Families and Health (in Europe): Karsten Hank and Anja Steinbach.- The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies: Livia Sz. Oláh, Irena E. Kotowska and Rudolf Richter.- Sex differences in health and survival: Anna Oksuzyan, Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Country specific chapters:Gender differences in the relationship between household position and health in twelve European countries: Are they associated with the value climate?: Jordi Gumà and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Similarity of perceived health between household members: The 'Mutual influences' hypothesis: Patrizia Giannantoni and Viviana Egidi.- Household position, parenthood, and self-reported adult health. Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey: Isabella Buber-Ennser and Doris Hanappi.- The Contextual and Household Contribution to Individual Health Status in Germany: What is the Role of Gender and Migration Background?: Daniela Georges, Daniel Kreft and Gabriele Doblhammer.- Health-risk behaviour of women and men—differences according to partnership and parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) survey 2009–2010: Elena von der Lippe and Petra Rattay.- Fertility Histories and Health in Later Life in Italy: Cecilia Tomassini, Giorgio Di Gessa and Viviana Egidi.- The Effect of Current Family Situation on Slow Walking Speed at Old Age: Gabriele Doblhammer, Steffen Peters, Debora Rizzuto and Anna-Karin Welmer.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (303 pages)
• Subjects: Social sciences; Demography; Sociology; Epidemiology; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Medical -- Epidemiology; Public health & preventive medicine; Gender studies, gender groups; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Social Science -- Demography; Population & demography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319723563
• Related ISBNs: 9783319723556
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.