The Role of Demographic Factors in the Institutionalization of the Elderly

Research on Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 235-257

  Dolinsky, Arthur L ^a   Rosenwaike, Ira ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023786932     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027588102006     Document Type: Article

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