How many people are there in the third age?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-18

  Midwinter, Eric ^a  

^a Centre for Policy on Ageing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structure; Historical demography; Third age; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ELDERLY POPULATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13844313495     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002922     Document Type: Article

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