Gender differences in caregiving: A case in chinese canadian caregivers

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 161-178

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a   Luk, Phyllis K F ^a   Andruske, Cynthia Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Chinese; Family caregivers; Gender role; Immigrants; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35948996609     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v19n03_11     Document Type: Article

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