Elderly Koreans' tendency to live independently from their adult children: Adaptation to cultural differences in America

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-244

  Yoo, Seong Ho ^a   Sung, Kyu Taik ^b  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Quadruple jeopardy'; Asian immigrants; East Asian culture; Independent living; Korean American elderly; Minority aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011050938     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006560318187     Document Type: Article

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