From paid worker to volunteer: Leaving the paid workforce and volunteering in later life

Social Forces

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1267-1293

  Mutchler, Jan E ^a   Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Caro, Francis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 11844265094     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0067     Document Type: Review

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