The effect of coresidence with an adult child on depressive symptoms among older widowed women in South Korea: An instrumental variables estimation

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-391

  Do, Young Kyung ^a   Malhotra, Chetna ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Instrumental variables; Intergenerational coresidence; Korea; Living arrangements

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; WIDOW;

AGED; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84859802744     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs033     Document Type: Article

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