Should we be concerned about age segregation? Some theoretical and empirical explorations

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-653

  Hagestad, Gunhild O ^a,b   Uhlenberg, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age segregation; Gender; Generativity; Integration; Learning; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; FAMILY; GENDER; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33750016066     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027506291872     Document Type: Article

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