Correlates of living alone among single elderly Chinese immigrants in Canada

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-148

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a   Leonenko, Wendy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35148813586     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.65.2.b     Document Type: Article

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