Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-186

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a,b   Lin, Hui Sheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Research and Planning Division   (China)

Author keywords

Activity participation; Elderly; Leisure activity; Life satisfaction; Taiwan; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002404403     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00114859     Document Type: Article

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