Browsing by Subject "life course"
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An Exploration of Social Relationships over the Life Course among African American Women Aging with HIV.
(2017)Introduction: In the fourth decade of the HIV epidemic, African American women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV across all age ranges in the U.S. African American women make up only 13% of the female population ... -
Emotion and Identity in the Transition to Parenthood
(2018)Though families come in all shapes and sizes, many people recognize the birth of their first child as the start of their new family. The transition to parenthood that expectant parents experience has important implications ... -
Household Debt Across the Life Course: An Analysis of the Late Baby Boomers
(2010)As an aggregate, American households have shown rising debt levels over the past few decades, yet we do not understand how debt varies within households over time and what factors influence this variation in a meaningful ... -
Kinship Status and Life Course Transitions as Determinants of Financial Assistance to Adult Children
(2008-04-21)This dissertation contributes to the literature on intergenerational transfers by examining the dynamics of financial assistance provided by midlife parents to their adult children across the life course. This dissertation ... -
The Impact of Multiple Dimensions of Socioeconomic Status on Physical Functioning Across the Life Course.
(Gerontology & geriatric medicine, 2018-01)Objective: We used the Physical Performance Across the LifeSpan Study to investigate the relationships of multiple indicators of socioeconomic status (SES), both in early life and late life, with physical function. Method: ... -
Understanding the Context for Long-Term Care Planning.
(Med Care Res Rev, 2016-06)Evolving family structure and economic conditions may affect individuals' ability and willingness to plan for future long-term care (LTC) needs. We applied life course constructs to analyze focus group data from a study ...