Recruitment strategies for conducting research on women's retirement

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 167-181

  Price, Christine A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non probability samples; Recruitment strategies; Retirement; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244440737     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v17n01_12     Document Type: Review

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