Community attitudes toward living arrangements between the elderly and their adult children in Hong Kong

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-228

  Tai Pong, Lam ^a   Iris, Chi ^a   Piterman, Leon ^b   Cindy, Lam ^a   Lauder, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Chinese; Elderly; Hong Kong; Living Arrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008948561     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006517226595     Document Type: Article

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