National Survey of Problems Facing Elderly Americans Living Alone, 1986

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Principal Investigator(s): Davis, Karen; The Commonwealth Fund Commission on Elderly People Living Alone

Summary: This survey was designed to obtain a clear picture of the resources, problems, needs, and preferences of the eight million elderly Americans who live alone. The questions cover not only living arrangements and demographic information, but also economic well-being, health, health care, health insurance, difficulties and fears, need for help, obtaining help, and opinions on policies that have been proposed on the behalf of the elderly. The living arrangements of those in the sample f... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09379.v1

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