Economic Stress Among Adult-Child Caregivers of the Oldest Old in China: The Importance of Contextual Factors

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-479

  Liu, Jinyu ^a   Guo, Man ^b   Bern Klug, Mercedes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Economic; Family; Filial piety; Health; Stress process

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887621657     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9216-3     Document Type: Article

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