Perspectives on the integration of older men and women

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 627-637

  Gierveld, Jenny De Jong ^a,b   Hagestad, Gunhild O ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Loneliness; Older adults; Segregation; Social integration; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LONELINESS; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33749995256     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027506291871     Document Type: Article

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