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Private Long-Term Care Insurance And The Asset Protection Motive, Jennifer M. Mellor
Private Long-Term Care Insurance And The Asset Protection Motive, Jennifer M. Mellor
Arts & Sciences Articles
This research examined the role of assets in the decision to purchase insurance for long-term care using survey data from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study. Previous research suggests that assets matter, but the size and direction of the effect varies. An important issue regarding the role of assets has not been explored adequately—whether the effect of assets differs between less wealthy and very wealthy individuals. A methodology to control for this type of variation is employed in this analysis. Results suggest that increases in assets have the greatest influence on the probability that less …
A Study On The Remote Library Users: Needs Of Library Services And Preferences, Mihyeon Kim
A Study On The Remote Library Users: Needs Of Library Services And Preferences, Mihyeon Kim
School of Education Articles
A study on the remote library users showed that remote users preferred online databases and internet as information resources because of easy access and easy of use. However, they have used books and journals, which are printed resources, as main information resources because online databases and internet cannot satisfy their information needs. Also, 86.7 percent of remote users consider library services as an important issue to choose a distance learning program, and remote users extremely motivated by their professors to use library so that there are needs to have partnership between distance learning programs and library services. Finally, remote users …