Religious participation among older Black Caribbeans in the United States

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

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEGRO; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548653576     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.4.S251     Document Type: Article

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