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Decline in Material Family Support for Older People in Urban Ghana, Africa: Understanding Processes and Causes of Change

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  • Isabella Aboderin, 2004. "Decline in Material Family Support for Older People in Urban Ghana, Africa: Understanding Processes and Causes of Change," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 59(3), pages 128-137.
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    2. Eniola O. Cadmus & Lawrence A. Adebusoye & Eme T. Owoaje, 2022. "Rural–urban differences in quality of life and associated factors among community-dwelling older persons in Oyo state, South-Western Nigeria," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(3), pages 1327-1344, June.
    3. Bennett, Rachel & Chepngeno-Langat, Gloria & Evandrou, Maria & Falkingham, Jane, 2016. "Gender differentials and old age survival in the Nairobi slums, Kenya," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 107-116.
    4. Yashuo Chen & Chunjiang Yang & Shangjun Feng, 2019. "The Effect of Social Communication on Life Satisfaction among the Rural Elderly: A Moderated Mediation Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-13, October.
    5. Iddisah Sulemana & Richard Osei Bofah & Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, 2020. "Job Insecurity and Life Satisfaction in Ghana," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 41(1), pages 172-184, March.
    6. Frank Kyei-Arthur & Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, 2021. "“Caring for the Elderly is Very Difficult†: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Caregivers in Urban Poor Accra, Ghana," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 30(5), pages 662-669, June.
    7. Hanrahan, Kelsey B., 2015. "Living Care-Fully: The Potential for an Ethics of Care in Livelihoods Approaches," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 381-393.
    8. Kofi Awuviry-Newton & Kylie Wales & Meredith Tavener & Julie Byles, 2020. "Do factors across the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework relate to caregiver availability for community-dwelling older adults in G," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-15, May.
    9. Sangeetha Madhavan & Shelley Clark & Sara Schmidt, 2021. "Single mothers coping with food insecurity in a Nairobi slum," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(13), pages 2703-2720, October.
    10. Randall, Sara & Coast, Ernestina, 2016. "The quality of demographic data on older Africans," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 64834, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    11. Piotr Sorokowski & Agnieszka Sorokowska & Tomasz Frackowiak & Corinna E. Löckenhoff, 2017. "Aging Perceptions in Tsimane’ Amazonian Forager–Farmers Compared With Two Industrialized Societies," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 72(4), pages 561-570.
    12. Jackqueline Kiptui & Peter Mwaura & David Gichuhi, 2021. "Influence of social protection on access to health care among elderly persons in informal settlements in Nakuru Town, Kenya," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 10(7), pages 310-318, October.
    13. Isaac Addai & Chris Opoku-Agyeman & Sarah Amanfu, 2014. "Exploring Predictors of Subjective Well-Being in Ghana: A Micro-Level Study," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 869-890, August.

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