title: The economic status of vulnerable older women.
abstract: Although the economic condition of elderly people in the United States has improved greatly in recent decades, the public's concern for income security for certain segments of the elderly population--black women and Hispanic women, particularly if they are unmarried--lingers. Their economic status remains extremely low. This article discusses the income status and work experience of black and Hispanic older women.
authors.affiliation: George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ozawa
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States; D014930:Women