Beyond money and survival: The meaning of paid work among older women

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-239

  Altschuler, Joanne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DREAM; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; SALARY; SATISFACTION; SURVIVAL; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAPE RECORDING; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK;

EID: 3042651347     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HNQH-BM29-KFB3-E461     Document Type: Article

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