Gender, social change, and living arrangements among older egyptians during the 1990s

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-225

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a,b   Khadr, Zeinab ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Gender; Living arrangements; Social change

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 40549118543     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-007-9060-7     Document Type: Article

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