Household income and other socio-economic determinants of long-term institutional care among older adults in Finland

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Nihtilä, Elina ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Finland; Income; Institutional care; Institutionalization; Population register; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY CARE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35848937359     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701524193     Document Type: Article

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