Work at Older Ages in Japan: Variation by Gender and Employment Status

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Raymo, James M ^a   Liang, Jersey ^b   Sugisawa, Hidehiro ^c   Kobayashi, Erika ^d   Sugihara, Yoko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

EID: 2342568961     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.3.S154     Document Type: Article

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