TY - JOUR
T1 - Stay tuned to your programs
T2 - Explaining older Americans' program encounters
AU - Peterson, Steven A.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thankt he New York State Office for the Aging and the Allegany County Office for the Aging (and its director, Elizabeth Embser) for financial support and logistical assistance. Others whom I acknowledge for their help include Thomas A. Leitko, Robert Maiden, and Bettina Franzese.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - There has been much research in gerontology and political science on why people use programs. This article synthesizes extant work and examines the impact of social resources, personal resources, need, and values on program awareness and use. The data base is 456 older Americans in rural upstate New York Results show that need, personal resources, social resources, and program awareness all have some influence on respondents' use of programs.
AB - There has been much research in gerontology and political science on why people use programs. This article synthesizes extant work and examines the impact of social resources, personal resources, need, and values on program awareness and use. The data base is 456 older Americans in rural upstate New York Results show that need, personal resources, social resources, and program awareness all have some influence on respondents' use of programs.
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U2 - 10.1016/0890-4065(88)90032-1
DO - 10.1016/0890-4065(88)90032-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248614641
SN - 0890-4065
VL - 2
SP - 183
EP - 197
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
IS - 2
ER -
