Passing on our culture: How older Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds contribute to civil society

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-60

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing policy; Australia; Civil society; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Intergenerational relations; Productive ageing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RACE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CIVILIZATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33847315676     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9012-4     Document Type: Article

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