The activity patterns of older adults: A cross-sectional study in six European countries

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-369

  Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos ^a   van der Meer, Marieke ^a   Burholt, Vanessa ^b   Ferring, Dieter ^c   Quattrini, Sabrina ^d   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^e   Weber, Germain ^f   Wenger, G Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ageing; Europe; Leisure activities; Productive activities

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGING POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749165462     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.422     Document Type: Article

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