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Direct linkWong, Jen D.; Almeida, David M. – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose of the study: This study examines how employment status (worker vs. retiree) and life course influences (age, gender, and marital status) are associated with time spent on daily household chores. Second, this study assesses whether the associations between daily stressors and time spent on daily household chores differ as a function of…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employed Women, Organizations (Groups), Housework
Cramm, Jane M.; van Dijk, Hanna M.; Nieboer, Anna P. – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose of the Study: We aimed to investigate whether social capital (obtaining support through indirect ties such as from neighbors) and social cohesion (interdependencies among neighbors) within neighborhoods positively affect the well being of older adults. Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 945 of 1,440 (66% response rate)…
Descriptors: Well Being, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Income
Hoffman, Geoffrey J.; Lee, Jihey; Mendez-Luck, Carolyn A. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: This study examines health-risk behaviors among "Baby Boomer" caregivers and non-caregivers. Design and Methods: Data from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey of the state's non-institutionalized population provided individual-level, caregiving, and health behavior characteristics for 5,688 informal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Marital Status, Smoking, Chronic Illness
Ai, A. L.; Ladd, K. L.; Peterson, C.; Cook, C. A.; Shearer, M.; Koenig, H. G. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: Despite the growing evidence for effects of religious factors on cardiac health in general populations, findings are not always consistent in sicker and older populations. We previously demonstrated that short-term negative outcomes (depression and anxiety) among older adults following open heart surgery are partially alleviated when…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Mental Health, Surgery, Coping
Pruchno, Rachel A.; Wilson-Genderson, Maureen; Rose, Miriam; Cartwright, Francine – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: Positing that successful aging has independent, yet related, dimensions that are both objective and subjective, we examine how early influences and contemporary characteristics define 4 groups of people. Design and Methods: Data were gathered from 5,688 persons aged 50-74 years living in New Jersey who participated in telephone…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Health Behavior, Drinking, Aging (Individuals)
Zhang, Zhenmei – Gerontologist, 2006
This study examines the effects of marital history on the burden of cardiovascular disease in midlife. With use of data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study, a series of nested logistic regression models was used to estimate the association between marital history and the likelihood of cardiovascular disease. Results suggest that, in midlife,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Diseases, Human Body, Marital Status
