Should I stay or should I go? Moving plans of older adults

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 5-22

  Erickson, Mary Ann ^a   Krout, John A ^a   Ewen, Heidi ^b   Robison, Julie ^c  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Moving plans; Residential mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845915114     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v20n03_02     Document Type: Article

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