Survey methods and aging research in an arab sociocultural context-a case study from beirut, lebanon

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 775-782

  Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^a   Ajrouch, Kristine J ^b   Jammal, Alicia ^c   Antonucci, Toni C ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Information International ^*  (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lebanon.; Sociocultural context; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEBANON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LEBANON; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867836460     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs083     Document Type: Article

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