Relationships between work-status and leisure lifestyle at the age of 60 years old

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Rennemark, Mikael ^a,b   Berggren, Tomas ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leisure activities; Personality; Retirement; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745096545     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-006-0029-x     Document Type: Article

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