Australian baby boomers' expectations and plans for their old age

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-8

  Quine, Susan ^a   Carter, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Expectations; Old age; Plans; Preparations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248600165     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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