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Health and Social Service Needs in a Northeastern Metropolitan Area: Ethnic Group Differences

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: Data from a representative sample of Boston area residents were analyzed to examine differences among ethnic populations in perceived needs and use of services for eight problem areas. The areas studied were: employment problems; financial problems; problems of the aged living alone; alcohol problems; personal; family or marital problems; child behavior or education problems; the need for homemaker services; and the need for a home nurse. The results indicate substantial differences between perceived needs and reported use of services, and both those factors varied by ethnic identification.

Source: The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

DOI: 10.15453/0191-5096.1870

Authors: Paul D. Cleary, Harold W. Demone

Institutions: Harvard University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Commonwealth Fund