Older carers in the UK: Are there really gender differences? New analysis of the Individual Sample of Anonymised Records from the 2001 UK Census

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Del Bono, Emilia ^a   Sala, Emanuela ^a   Hancock, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Gender; Marital status; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549132474     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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