Marriage, social integration, and loneliness in the second half of life: A comparison of Dutch and German men and women

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-729

  Stevens, Nan ^a,b   Westerhof, Gerben J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Loneliness; Marriage; Social integration; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 33750020624     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027506291747     Document Type: Article

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