Ethnicity as a determining factor for instrumental support in mid and later life in England and Wales

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-289

  Willis, Rosalind ^a   Price, Debora ^b   Glaser, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Ethnicity; Health; Instrumental support; Race; Social support; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874390737     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs160     Document Type: Article

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