Intergenerational support and subjective health of older people in rural China: A gender-based longitudinal study

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Li, Shuzhuo ^a   Song, Lu ^a,b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Intergenerational support; Older people; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68049120449     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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