Volunteering among older people in Korea

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Jibum ^a   Kang, Jeong Han ^b   Lee, Min Ah ^c   Lee, Yongmo ^d  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; KOREA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BUDDHISM; CATHOLICISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33947712606     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.S69     Document Type: Article

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