Common beliefs about the rural elderly: what do national data tell us?
Vital & health statistics. Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies 1993(28): 1-79
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0886-4691 PMID: 8322218 Document Number: 324259
National data from various sources are presented to support or debunk 10 commonly held beliefs about the elderly living in rural America. Topics include: health, income, housing, social networks, population size and distribution, and access to care. Most comparisons are between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan data.
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