A Note on Elderly Living Arrangements in Japan and the United States

Research on Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 297-305

  Kamo, Yoshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAS; ASIA; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; HOUSING; HUMAN; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023753707     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027588102009     Document Type: Article

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