The influence of domestic living arrangement and neighborhood identity on mental health among urban Chinese elders

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-50

  Ye, Minzhi ^a   Chen, Yiwei ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese elders; Living arrangement; Neighborhood identity; Well being and depression

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CHINA; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84890859843     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.837142     Document Type: Article

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