Variations in late-age mortality by household structure and marital status in Parma, Italy

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-318

  Pizzetti, Paola ^a   Manfredini, Matteo ^a   Lucchetti, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Household structure; Marital status; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; MORTALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PARMA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19144367640     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04003290     Document Type: Article

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