Age-segregation in later life: An examination of personal networks

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-28

  Uhlenberg, Peter ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult children; Age segregation; Non kin relationships; Older adults; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1242322007     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0300151X     Document Type: Article

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