Health and LifestylesWhat is a `healthy' lifestyle? Which is more significant: the social circumstances in which people live, or lifestyle habits such as exercise or smoking? |
Contents
THE MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH | |
SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HEALTH | |
PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR | |
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR | |
BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH | |
CIRCUMSTANCES BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH | |
CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS | |
questions measurements and the formation of indices | |
questions and measures | |
questions and the formation of indices | |
questions and measures | |
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