A comparison of white and mexican heritage older adults’ leisure choices and constraints in two adjacent communities;Comparaison des choix et contraintes en matière de loisir de personnes âgées vivant dans deux localités voisines, les unes de race blanche, les autres d’origine mexicaine;Comparación de las selecciones y restricciones con respecto a las actividades de ocio de las personas mayores que viven en dos localidades vecinas, unas de raza blanca, y las otras de origen mejicano

Loisir et Societe

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 471-494

  Gitelson, Richard ^a   Bernat, Frances P ^a   Alemán, Sara ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036768362     PISSN: 07053436     EISSN: 17050154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07053436.2002.10707598     Document Type: Article

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