Income and financial satisfaction among older adults in the United States

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-266

  Hsieh, Chang Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242299097     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000003585.94742.aa     Document Type: Article

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