Marital status of people aged 75 and over in nine EU countries in the period 2000-2030

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-81

  Kalogirou, Stamatis ^a   Murphy, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality and nuptiality trends; Population projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745086886     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-006-0030-4     Document Type: Article

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