Comparison of informal caregiving by black and white older adults in a community population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1612-1617

  McCann, Judith J ^a   Hebert, Liesi E ^a   Beckett, Laurel A ^a   Morris, Martha Clare ^a   Scherr, Paul A ^b   Evans, Denis A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving prevalence; informal care; older caregivers; population study; racial differences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHICAGO; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034546832     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03872.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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