The outdoor mobility and leisure activities of older people in five European countries

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 683-700

  Gagliardi, Cristina ^a   Spazzafumo, Liana ^a   Marcellini, Fiorella ^a   Mollemkopf, Heidrun ^b   Ruoppila, Isto ^c   Tacken, Mart ^d   Szémann, Zsuzsa ^a,b  

^a National Institute of Research on Ageing   (Italy)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Indoor and outdoor leisure activities; Older people; Outdoor mobility

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SPORT;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUNGARY; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548452189     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006198     Document Type: Article

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