Retirement housing for sale and differences in the decision to purchase that are determined by gender or marital status

Property Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-19

  Livette, Martin ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Elderly people; Gender; Housing; Marriage; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644520871     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470610643083     Document Type: Article

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