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Exploring race variations in aging and personal control
Author(s)	Benjamin A Shaw, Neal Krause
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 2, March 2001
Pages	pp S119-S124
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Age groups [elderly] ; Adjustment ; Self esteem ; United States of America.
Annotation	Using data from the Americans Changing Lives panel study (357 Blacks and 2,792 Whites) to examine associations between age and perceived control and with other variables indicates that age has an inverse and non-linear association with feelings of control. Moreover, this relationship is similar for Blacks and Whites. The data further reveal that, across all age groups, Blacks report a lower sense of control than Whites. Lower incomes, less education, greater cognitive impairments, and more religiosity are associated with a lower sense of control. These factors, along with health and social support, account for 69% of the association between age and control, with no differences according to race. Thus Blacks may be at a particular disadvantage in the face of increasing challenges of ageing. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010418213 A
Classmark	TK: BB: DR: DPA: 7T
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