Identifying the poorest older Americans

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 758-766

  Fisher, Jonathan D ^a   Johnson, David S ^b   Marchand, Joseph T ^c   Smeeding, Timothy M ^d   Torrey, Barbara B ^e  

^a Litigation Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Income; Poverty; Wealth

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350455438     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp022     Document Type: Article

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