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This chapter focuses on elderly Asian Americans in nonmetropolitan and rural areas of the United States. Various dimensions of their demographic structure are described and discussed. The chapter also reviews the emergence over time of Asians in the United States.
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Poston, D.L., Chang, YT., He, L. (2013). Elderly Asian Americans in the Nonmetropolitan and Rural United States. In: Glasgow, N., Berry, E. (eds) Rural Aging in 21st Century America. Understanding Population Trends and Processes, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5567-3_8
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