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Living arrangements, depression, and health status among elderly Russian-speaking immigrants
Author(s)	Thanh V Tran, G Khatutsky, K Aroian
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 33, no 2, 2000
Pages	pp 63-78
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Immigrants ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Living in the community ; Depression ; Health [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	150 male and 150 female Russian-speaking immigrants to the US (mean age 73.2) were surveyed regarding various aspects of their health, mental health, health service use and health behaviours. Regression analysis reveals that those living alone are more likely to experience a higher level of depression than those living with others. This relationship remains statistically significant after controlling for age, education, income, ability to speak English, years resident in the US, gender, and health. Since health appears to affect depression, further regression analyses found that living arrangements had no statistically significant relationship with health, which itself serves as an intermediate variable between the block of demographic variables and depression. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001101210 A
Classmark	TJ: 7AA: K4: ENR: CC: 3F: 7T
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