Cohort differences in the availability of informal caregivers: Are the Boomers at risk?

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-188

  Ryan, Lindsay H ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Boomers; Fertility; Health and Retirement Study; Longitudinal change; Marriage

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CENSUSES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858422021     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr142     Document Type: Article

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