Later life education in the 1990s: Increasing involvement and continuing disparity

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Hamil Luker, Jenifer ^a   Uhlenberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036840182     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.6.S324     Document Type: Article

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