The Availability of Care for Late-Middle-Aged Adults With Chronic Conditions
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Gender Differences

22

Cultural Differences

22

Risks and Consequences of Inadequate Care

23

Summary

25

Hypotheses

26

Chapter 3: Data and Methods

29

Data Source

29

HRS Response Rates

30

Advantages of the HRS

31

Limitations of the HRS

31

Study Sample

33

Measures

34

Dependent Variables

34

Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Respondent

45

Respondent Casemix

48

Characteristics of the Respondent’s Social Network

51

Characteristics of the Caregiving Network

51

Characteristics of the Two Most Prevalent Primary Caregivers— Spouses and Children

52

Analytic Methods

52

Chapter 4: The Receipt of Care

59

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Persons With Functional Limitations

60

Did Their Health and Functioning Differ by Age?

64

Social Network Characteristics

67