The accessibility, predictors, and use of health care and social services among developmentally disabled elderly adults in Canada were examined using a nationally representative social survey. The first research hypothesis is that the independent variables will contribute significantly to the prediction of the dependent variables. A second hypothesis is that the slope of any given independent variable will not equal zero. The results of this research show that the illness (need) variables are the most predictive correlate of the utilization of health care and social services. The predisposing variables have secondary explanatory power, with the enabling variables accounting for the least amount of variance. The hypotheses were tested by step-wise multiple regression analysis using SPSS-X.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc332746 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Easterling, Calvin Henry |
| Contributors | Eve, Susan Brown, Eddy, John, 1932-, Chandy, P. R., Seward, Rudy Ray, Pillai, Vijayan K. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 172 leaves : ill., Text |
| Coverage | Canada |
| Rights | Public, Easterling, Calvin Henry, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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