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| Exploring intra-ethnic diversity among four groups of Hispanic elderly: patterns and levels of service utilization | | Author(s) | Tracy L Dietz, Robert John, Lonnie C Roy |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 46, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 247-266 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Services ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The term `Hispanic' has been used in the United States (US) since 1968 to refer to people of Spanish descent. With the increase in the proportion of the population labelled Hispanic, a debate has developed over the homogeneity or heterogeneity of people in this group. This study investigated service use in a sample of 2,135 Hispanic older people. Factor analysis revealed a high degree of homogeneity in the patterns of formal service use among the four Hispanic groups in this study that follows three latent, but distinct, patterns of behaviour: the use of federal entitlement programmes, in-home services, and senior centre services. However, a high degree of heterogeneity in the level of service use was found. Overall, service use was systematically lower among `Other' Hispanic older people and systematically higher among Puerto Ricans, with more erratic use among Cuban Americans and Mexican Americans. Controlling for between-group differences in socio-demographic characteristics did little to reduce relatively systematic between-group differences in service use. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980701409 A |
| Classmark | TK: I: L: QLD: 7T |
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