Socioeconomic disparities in voluntary organization involvement among older adults

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-75

  Tang, Fengyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adult volunteer; Organizational volunteering; Socioeconomic disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849186112     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764007300409     Document Type: Article

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