Parent caregiving choices of middle-generation Blacks and Whites in the United States

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-582

  White Means, Shelley I ^a   Rubin, Rose M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL support; Financial support; IADL support; Intergenerational transfers; Race; Sandwich generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749098332     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308317576     Document Type: Article

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