Race and gender differences in perceived caregiver availability for community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 721-729

  Roth, David L ^a   Haley, William E ^b   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Clay, Olivio J ^a   Howard, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability of informal caregivers; Care burden; Caregiving; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; DAUGHTER; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 38649096617     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.6.721     Document Type: Article

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