Neighborhood support and aging-in-place preference among low-income elderly Chinese city-dwellers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 98-105

  Lum, Terry Y S ^a   Lou, Vivian W Q ^a   Chen, Yanyan ^b   Wong, Gloria H Y ^a   Luo, Hao ^a   Tong, Tracy L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Community support; Low income Elders; Neighborhood; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84960327549     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu154     Document Type: Article

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