Data Sources for Aging Research on Racial and Ethnic Groups.

LaVeist, Thomas A.

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ERIC Number: EJ509651

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Publication Date: 1995

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Data Sources for Aging Research on Racial and Ethnic Groups.

LaVeist, Thomas A.

Gerontologist, v35 n3 p328-39 Jun 1995

Reports the results of a survey of recent and ongoing aging-related data sources supported by U.S. federal agencies. The purpose of the study was to determine the suitability of the data sets for research on minority elders. Formal tests of the adequacy of data set sample sizes to support analysis on various minority groups were performed; most were inadequate. (JPS)

Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Data Collection, Ethnic Groups, Federal Government, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups, Older Adults, Pacific Americans, Questionnaires, Research Needs, Surveys, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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