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Living arrangements among older immigrants in the United States
Author(s)	Janet M Wilmoth
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 2, April 2001
Pages	pp 228-238
Keywords	Immigrants ; Ethnic groups ; Living patterns ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This analysis uses data from the 1990 5% Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), to identify the individual-level characteristics that influence residential dependence in immigrants age 60+ in the United States. Particular attention is given to differences between 11 immigrant groups. Separate models are shown by gender and marital status. The results indicate that Hispanic and most Asian immigrants - particularly those from Mexico, Central or South America, India and the Pacific Islands - are at a greater risk of living with family than non-Hispanic White immigrants. Although resource, need and demographic characteristics influence the risk of living with family, these individual level characteristics do not explain the observed differences across the immigrant groups. These findings suggest that preferences that are shaped by the immigrant's experience as well as cultural background are an important determinant of immigrant living arrangements in later life. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010622217 A
Classmark	TJ: TK: K7: F: 3F: 7T
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