Housing wealth, income and financial wealth of older people in Britain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-33

  Hancock, Ruth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing; Housing wealth; Income; Older people; Poverty; Property values; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING WEALTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

UK;

EID: 0031821982     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X97006685     Document Type: Article

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