Financial distress and depressive symptoms: How do older women and men differ?

Hallym International Journal of Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-144

  Lee, Yoon G ^a   Brown, Susan ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Financial distress; Gender; Population aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RACE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

EID: 57749205038     PISSN: 15356523     EISSN: 15414485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HA.9.2.d     Document Type: Article

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