Successful ageing among low-income older people in South Korea

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1061-1074

  Chung, Soondool ^a   Park, Soo Jung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community residents; Low income older people; South Korea; Strengths; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 53849106118     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007393     Document Type: Article

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