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Peer reviewedKeith, Pat M.; Wickrama, K A. S. – Gerontologist, 1990
Interviewed 136 female heads of households in rural Sri Lanka. Found that marital status figured more importantly than age in use of health services. Concludes that, as unmarried heads of households increase in less developed places, their demands for health care at the village level likely will escalate. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Heads of Households, Health Needs
Peer reviewedHong, Seon-Hee Mo; Keith, Pat M. – Gerontologist, 1992
Used individual modernity as measure of modernization and decision-making power to assess status of aged at micro level. Examined how modernity, family environment, and demographic characteristics affect status of aged in extended family. Data were analyzed from 252 Korean elderly living with married child. Found that individual modernity was…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Decision Making, Demography, Family Environment
