Ageing in place: Predictors of the residential satisfaction of elderly

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-208

  Rojo Perez, Fermina ^a   Fernandez Mayoralas Fernandez, Gloria ^a   Pozo Rivera, Enrique ^b   Manuel Rojo Abuin, Jose ^c  

^a CSIC Instituto de Economia Geografia y Demografia IEGD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

SPAIN;

EID: 0342501967     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010852607362     Document Type: Article

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