Intensity of grandparent caregiving and life satisfaction among rural Chinese older adults: A longitudinal study using latent difference score analysis

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-299

  Xu, Ling ^a   Wu, Bei ^b   Chi, Iris ^a   Hsiao, Hsin Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; grandparent caregiving intensity; latent difference score analysis; life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84866004166     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31826665d0     Document Type: Article

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