Mechanisms Linking Neighborhood Age Composition to Health

Gerontologist

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 667-678

  Moorman, Sara M ^a   Stokes, Jeffrey E ^a   Morelock, Jeremiah C ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Self rated health; Sociology of aging social gerontology; Structural equation models; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RESIDENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026900883     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv687     Document Type: Article

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