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Economic well-being among older-adult households — variation by veteran and disability status
Author(s)	Janet M Wilmoth, Andrew S London, Colleen M Heflin
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 58, no 4, May-June 2015
Publisher	Taylor and Francis, May-June 2015
Pages	pp 399-419
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Armed Forces ; War ; Physical disabilities ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly.
Annotation	This analysis used data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to examine whether veteran and disability statuses were jointly associated with poverty and material hardship among households that included an older adult. Compared to households that did not include a person with a disability or veteran, disabled nonveteran households were more likely to be in poverty and to experience home hardship, medical hardship and bill paying hardship. Disabled veteran households were not significantly different in terms of poverty but exhibited the highest odds of home hardship, medical hardship, bill paying hardship and food insufficiency. Implications for social work practice are discussed. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-150619220 A
Classmark	VMM: VMC: BN: F:W: F:W6
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