Are Baby Boomers healthier than Generation X? A profile of Australia's working generations using National Health Survey data.

BACKGROUND: To determine differences in sociodemographic and health related characteristics of Australian Baby Boomers and Generation X at the same relative age. METHODS: The 1989/90 National Health Survey (NHS) for Boomers (1946-1965) and the 2007/08 NHS for Generation Xers (1966-1980) was used to...

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Main Authors: Rhiannon Pilkington, Anne W Taylor, Graeme Hugo, Gary Wittert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966866?pdf=render