Marital status, family ties, and self-rated health among elders in South India

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 103-120

  Sudha, S ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^b   Mutran, Elizabeth J ^c   Rajan, S Irudaya ^d   Sarma, P Sankara ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^e SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Kin ties; Marital status; Self rated health; South India

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847310345     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9027-x     Document Type: Article

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