Educational attainment and transitions in functional status among older taiwanese

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-375

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Liu, Xian ^c   Hermalin, Albert ^c   Chuang, Yi Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Taiwan Prov Inst of Fam Planning   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032133593     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004043     Document Type: Article

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