Elderly Asian and Hispanic foreign- and native-born living arrangements: Accounting for differences

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-594

  Gurak, Douglas T ^a   Kritz, Mary M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elders; elderly immigrants; elderly living arrangements; Hispanic elders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955890372     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510377160     Document Type: Article

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