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Race, aging, and care — can differences in family and household structure account for race variations in informal care?
Author(s)	M Kristen Peek, Raymond T Coward, Chuck W Peek
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 22, no 2, March 2000
Pages	pp 117-142
Keywords	Family care ; Living with family ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America.
Annotation	There are substantial uncertainties about key dimensions of the caregiving process as it is experienced by older adults from different ethnic groups. This investigation explored the care received from family members among a stratified random sample of community-dwelling African American and White older persons who reported difficulties in performing daily living tasks. Findings support past research indicating that older African Americans are more likely to receive help from family members than are White older persons. However, this advantage does not extend across all types of family members but is only statistically significant with regard to the care received from grandchildren. The findings also suggest that co-residence may be a form of family caregiving among older African Americans. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000410402 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: KA:SJ: TKA: TKE: 7T
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