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At risk on the cusp of old age
— living arrangements and functional status among black, white and Hispanic adults | | Author(s) | Linda J Waite, Mary Elizabeth Hughes |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp S136-144 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Cognitive processes ; Self care capacity ; Black people ; White people ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors examine the relationship between living arrangements and multiple measures of physical, cognitive and emotional functioning in late mid-life. Using cross-sectional data from the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), they assess the bivariate relationship between living arrangements and functioning, and then take into account demographic characteristics and measures of household resources and demands. The authors find evidence of differential functioning among individuals in various living arrangements. Married couples living alone or with children show the highest levels of functioning, whereas single adults living in complex households show the lowest levels. Functional deficits for those in complex households are reduced but not eliminated, when demographic characteristics and household resources and demands are taken into account. Few differences were found in the relationship between living arrangements and functioning by gender and race or ethnicity. However, it is stated that because blacks and Hispanics show lower levels of functioning than whites and are more likely to live in complex households, they may be particularly disadvantaged. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826230 A |
| Classmark | K7: DA: CA: TKE: TKA: 3F: 7T |
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