Class, cohort, and consumption: The British experience of the third age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Gilleard, Chris ^a   Higgs, Paul ^a   Hyde, Martin ^a   Wiggins, Richard ^b   Blane, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 27644498553     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.6.S305     Document Type: Article

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