Religious and spiritual involvement among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and non-Hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548642734     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.4.S238     Document Type: Article

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