Status of the Elderly: Economic and Familial Antecedents.

Lee, Gary R.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Status of the Elderly: Economic and Familial Antecedents.

Lee, Gary R.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v46 n2 p267-75 May 1984

Examines the possibility that properties of family and kinship systems influence the status of the elderly independently of economic factors. Cross-cultural data are employed to support the hypotheses that the status of the elderly is directly related to the occurrence of unilocal (particularly patrilocal) customs of postmarital residence. (JAC)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Economic Factors, Ethnography, Family Structure, Gerontology, Kinship, Older Adults, Place of Residence, Social Status

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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