Race Comparisons of the Household Dynamics of Older Adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-201

  Peek, Chuck W ^a   Koropeckyj Cox, Tanya ^a   Zsembik, Barbara A ^a   Coward, Raymond T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household composition; Living arrangements; Longitudinal study; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FAMILY; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0842306307     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503260633     Document Type: Article

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