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| Race differences in the health of elders who live alone | | Author(s) | Raymond T Coward, Chuck W Peek, John C Henretta |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 9, no 2,, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 147-170 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Living alone ; White people ; Black people ; Black African ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to determine whether older African Americans who live alone are in poorer health than their white counterparts who live under the same circumstances. Data on five measures of health were collected in telephone interviews with a stratified random sample of community-dwelling older people. Analysis of weighted data indicate that there were fewer differences in health by race among older persons who live alone compared to older persons who lived with others. Where racial differences in health did exist among older adults who lived alone, the differences could only sometimes be accounted for by population composition factors that are known to influence health. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980407214 A |
| Classmark | CC: K8: TKA: TKE: TKF: 7T |
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