The role of community context in immigrant elderly living arrangements: Korean American Elderly

Research on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 630-653

  Kim, Jibum ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CITY; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUALITY; KOREA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036839221     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016402702237185     Document Type: Review

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