Transitions in marital status and functional health and patterns of intergenerational coresidence among China's elderly population

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-270

  Korinek, Kim ^a   Zimmer, Zachary ^b   Gu, Danan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Comparative demography; Life changes; Living arrangements; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALTRUISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 79953324210     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq107     Document Type: Article

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