Familial roles and social transformations: Older men and women in sub-Saharan Africa

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 654-668

  Oppong, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Prog of Research and Graduate Training on Globalization and Changing Cultures of Survival and Care   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Demographic change; Gender; Social integration; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; MIGRATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750026750     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027506291744     Document Type: Article

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