Francis G Caro

Biographic Data

ID3923571
NAMEFrancis G Caro
GIVEN NAMESFrancis G
FAMILY NAMECaro
SIGNATURECARO F G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS39
AUTHOR COUNT22
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Family and Aging Policy

    Francis G CaroBOOKFamily and Aging Policy2014

  • An Overview of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Around the World

    Kelly G Fitzgerald, Francis G CaroARTICLEJournal of Aging & Social Policy2014

    Efforts to make cities and communities more age-friendly have gained significant momentum in recent years. Population aging and increased urbanization have challenged governments and other civic or...

  • Using the Internet to Administer More Realistic Vignette Experiments

    Open AccessFrancis G Caro, G Francis et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review2011Cited by: 5References: 4

    This article illustrates an innovative method of administering stated choice studies (or vignette experiments) using computers and the Internet. The use of video clips to deliver information to research participants makes vignettes more realistic, helps to engage interest of research participants, and can reduce framing effects. The method also provides research participants with interactive options before making judgments. A study to determine t…

  • Formal and Informal Volunteer Activity and Spousal Caregiving Among Older Adults

    Open AccessNamkee G Choi, J A Burr et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2007

    On the basis of data from the 1998 and 2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, this study tested two alternative hypotheses, role overload and role extension, about the relationship between volunteering and spousal caregiving among older married persons. Spousal caregiving was not significantly associated with the likelihood of formal or informal volunteering for men; however, female caregivers were found to be less likely than noncaregive…

  • Devolution and Aging Policy

    Francis G Caro, Robert Morris et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging & Social Policy2002

  • Productive aging and civic participation

    Open AccessJ A Burr, Francis G Caro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging Studies2002Cited by: 31References: 9

  • Achieving a Productive Aging Society

    Marjorie E Starrels, Scott A Bass et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1994

    Preface by Scott A. Bass Achieving a Productive Aging Society by Francis G. Caro, Scott A. Bass, and Yung-Ping Chen Age, Productivity, and Transcendence by Harry R. Moody Labor Market Obstacles to Productive Aging by Joseph F. Quinn and Richard V. Burkhauser Ageism in the Labor Market versus Productive Aging by Alan Walker and Philip Taylor New Technologies and the Aging Work Force by David C. Mowery and Mark S. Kamlet Is Unretirement Unprecedent…

  • United States

    Open AccessRonald Provencher, Robin W Winks et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1986Cited by: 1

  • The Willowbrook Wars

    Francis G Caro, Francis GrenezARTICLESocial Service Review1985

  • Putting Knowledge to Use

    Francis G Caro, Gavin Francis et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1984

  • The Consequences of Cuts

    Francis G Caro, G Francis et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1984

  • Describing Care

    Francis G Caro, George J FrancisARTICLESocial Service Review1983

  • Ends and Means in Social Work

    Francis G CaroARTICLESocial Service Review1982

  • Economics David Caplovitz. Making Ends Meet

    Open AccessFrancis G Caro, G FrancisARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1981

  • Reaction of a skeptical sociologist

    Open AccessFrancis G Caro, G FrancisARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal1981References: 1

  • The Sociology of Age Stratification

    Anne Foner, Clark C Abt et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1980

  • The Mushrooming of Applied Sociology

    Joseph W Eaton, Clark C Abt et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1980

  • Mental Health Advocacy

    Francis G Caro, G M FrancisARTICLESocial Service Review1979

  • Program Evaluation in the Health Fields

    Francis G Caro, Herbert C Schulberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1971

  • Approaches to Evaluative Research

    Francis G Caro, Francis CaroARTICLEHuman Organization1969

    Social science writings on approaches to the evaluation of action programs are numerous but highly scattered. The present paper is an attempt to identify the major themes in recent social science literature with direct implications for evaluation research. The treatment is focused on situations in which action programs are conducted by formal organizations, and evaluative researchers are directly linked to program administrators. The material can…

  • Current Studies in Social Psychology

    Francis G Caro, Martin FishbeinREVIEWJournal of Health and Human…1966

  • Social Class and Attitudes of Youth Relevant for the Realization of Adult Goals

    Francis G CaroARTICLESocial Forces1966Cited by: 1

    Focusing on values and perceptions of opportunity, an attempt is made to get at the attitudinal sources of class differences in the behavior of male young persons with respect to dominant societal success goals. Systematic class differences are found between middle- and working-class male high school juniors in three areas: evaluation of dominant success goals, evaluation of activities potentially instrumental for the realization of success goals…

  • Deferred Gratification, Time Conflict, and College Attendance

    Francis G CaroARTICLESociology of Education1965Cited by: 1