Living Arrangements and Health of Older Adults in India

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 937-947

  Samanta, Tannistha ^a,b   Chen, Feinian ^b   Vanneman, Reeve ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; India; Living arrangements; Multigenerational households; Propensity score methods; Selection effects

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84946576627     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu164     Document Type: Article

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