Western retirees in Thailand: Motives, experiences, wellbeing, assimilation and future needs

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-163

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Migration; Thailand; Wellbeing; Western retirees

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RETIREMENT; WESTERN WORLD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 38649083112     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006290     Document Type: Article

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