Economic status and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous health gap

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 3
Pages: 604-606

Authors (2)

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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.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:3:p:604-606
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24