Doing it from your heart: The role of older women as informal volunteers

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-72

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australasian Centre on Ageing   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing women; Role identity; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTRUISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUEENSLAND; SOCIALIZATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WOMEN;

EID: 33749618636     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n02_05     Document Type: Article

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