Socioeconomic and demographic factors modify the association between informal caregiving and health in the Sandwich Generation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Do, Elizabeth K ^a,c   Cohen, Steven A ^b   Brown, Monique J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Income; Informal caregiving; Older population; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVER; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899530880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-362     Document Type: Article

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