The influence of ethnicity and gender on caregiver health in older New Zealanders

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 783-793

  Alpass, Fiona ^a   Pond, Rachael ^a   Stephens, Christine ^a   Stevenson, Brendan ^a   Keeling, Sally ^b   Towers, Andy ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Cultural factors; Gender; Health outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVING; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTORS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH OUTCOMES.; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVING; CULTURAL FACTORS; GENDER; HEALTH OUTCOMES.;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84882752757     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt060     Document Type: Article

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