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Starrett, Richard A.; And Others – 1983
The study examined the role played by informal (i.e., family, kin, neighbors, friends) and quasiformal (i.e., church-sponsored) support systems in predicting, enhancing, or inhibiting use of social services by Hispanic elderly. Thirty-seven variables and data selected from a 1979-1980 15-state survey of 1,805 noninstitutionalized Hispanic…
Descriptors: Community Services, Health Needs, Hispanic Americans, Middle Aged Adults
Mindel, Charles H.; And Others – 1984
The study found distinctly different interrelationships among factors affecting social service use by Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban elderly. Twenty-nine variables and data selected from a 1979-80 15-state survey of 1,805 noninstitutionalized Hispanic individuals aged 55 and over were categorized by the Andersen-Newman model of service…
Descriptors: Community Services, Comparative Analysis, Cubans, Cultural Differences
