Past experiences and older adults' attitudes: A lifecourse perspective

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-39

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   van Tilburg, Theo G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Lifecourse; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHICS; GENDER ROLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13844308696     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002557     Document Type: Article

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