SPOUSAL INFLUENCES ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OLDER KUWAITI MEN AND WOMEN.
The aim of the study was to determine the associations of the self-perceptions of health and social support among Kuwaitis who were 60 years old and older, who either were or were not currently living with a spouse. A sample of 1427 was selected (472 men and 955 women). Social Affairs nurses complet...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biosocial Science Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 509 - 527 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jul2017
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