Reproductive history, socioeconomic status and disability in the women aged 65 years or older in Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Akin, Belgin ^a   Ege, Emel ^a   Koçoǧlu, Deniz ^a   Arslan, Selda Y ^a   Bilgili, Naile ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disability of elderly women; Elderly women; Fertility history; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70450221347     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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