Book
Older Mexican Americans: a study in an urban barrio
Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin • (7) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 139
By: Markides, Kyriakos S., Martin, Harry W., Gomez, Ernesto.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study was conducted to gather information on the elderly in order to improve services and to dispel some misconceptions. The study consisted of the administration of a questionnaire to a sample of both Mexican-American and Anglo elderly in a barrio in San Antonio, Texas. The data presented are on socio-economic structure, family structure and relations, psychological well-being, health status and health care utilization, religious behavior, and the retirement experience.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Income and demand
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Activities of the aged
- Personality disorders
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Indigenous Person
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1950s - 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwest San Antonio, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kyriakos S. Markides, Harry W. Martin ; with the assistance of Ernesto Gomez
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83072191
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans