Ageing in rural China: Impacts of increasing diversity in family and community resources

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-168

  Joseph, Alun E ^a   Phillips, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Family care; Migration; Modernisation; Population policy; Rural ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038264488     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006658706496     Document Type: Article

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