Older Asian Indians resettled in America: Narratives about households, culture and generation

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-230

  Kalavar, Jyotsna M ^a   Van Willigen, John ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian elderly; Cross cultural gerontology; Immigrant elderly

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCULTURATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NARRATION; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33845504132     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9004-4     Document Type: Article

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