Poverty and hardship among the aged in urban China

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-157

  Saunders, Peter ^a   Lujun, Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Older people; Poverty

Indexed keywords

POVERTY;

EID: 33644898844     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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