Ethnic differences in expectations for aging among older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1277-1282

  Sarkisian, Catherine A ^a   Shunkwiler, Sara M ^b   Aguilar, Iris ^a   Moore, Alison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aged; Ageism; Attitude toward health; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGEISM; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746756624     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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