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The Mexican American elderly and supplemental security income — reasons and characteristics associated with non-use
Author(s)	Tracy L Dietz
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 20, no 3, September 2001
Pages	pp 292-306
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Social security benefits ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Using a national data set, this project examines the underuse of formal services by older ethnic minorities, specifically low usage rates of social security income (SSI) by older Mexican Americans. Analysis further reveals that among older Mexican Americans who are eligible to receive SSI, those participants who had used another formal programme in the previous year had at least some formal education, lived with others, and/or reported problems with too many medical bills, were statistically less likely to use SSI. Most common reasons for not using SSI were lack of knowledge and previous feelings of discrimination or mistreatment by SSI representatives and other formal providers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011017203 A
Classmark	TK: 7TY: JH: QLD: 3F: 7T
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