Characteristics of and survivorship among the very old: implications for rural families and service delivery.

A study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of the very old living in rural areas and to predict the survival of rural elders to very old age. Subjects were 418 older adults who participated in a three-wave longitudinal study. The characteristics of 140 subjects who survived across al...

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Published in:Family Relations Vol. 44; pp. 87 - 95
Main Authors: McCulloch, B. Jan, Kivett, Vira R.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell January 1995
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