From a detailed study of a group of 127 men and 26l women aged 65 and over, Dr. Shanas lists factors which affect adjustment in a low income group. It was found that definite plans and hopes about the future were of special significance for good adjustment. The mean adjustment score of this indigent group was low, only 29.2. This paper was given at the second annual scientific meeting of the gerontological society in chicago, november 5-6, 1949
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Ethel Shanas (1950) studied this question.