Older adults in the division of domestic labor in communities on the outskirts of Beirut

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-145

  Habib, Rima R ^a   Zohry, Ayman ^a   Nuwayhid, Iman ^a   Najdi, Faten ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Beirut; Domesticlabor; Housework; Lebanon; Older adults; Patriarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748524125     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-006-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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