"Living independently is good": Residence patterns in rural north China reconsidered

Care Management Journals

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Miller, Eric T ^a  

^a LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; China, residence arrangements; Filial piety; Housing policies

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; CULTURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248532278     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/152109807780494113     Document Type: Article

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