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Peer reviewedLalive d'Epinay, Christian – Gerontologist, 1985
Results of a Swiss study revealed high proportion of farm women were depressed. Their depression is accounted for through the development of a theory of culture shock which is based upon the conflict between traditional values and everyday realities. The importance of using life histories to supplement survey data in theory development is…
Descriptors: Biographies, Culture Conflict, Depression (Psychology), Females
Peer reviewedDeHaney, William T. – Gerontologist, 1987
Measured levels of living among 157 elderly family households in a plantation community. Found the level of living to be determined more by the plantation production system and the elderly's past patterns of economic participation than by the size of the completed family. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Status, Family Size, Foreign Countries
