Neighbouring in later life: The influence of socio-economic resources, gender and household composition on neighbourly relationships

Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 965-984

  Perren, Kim ^a   Arber, Sara ^b   Davidson, Kate ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fevours; Gender; Later life; Neighbours

Indexed keywords

EID: 11444252943     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038504047181     Document Type: Review

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