'I think I have had a good life': The everyday lives of older women and men from a lifecourse perspective

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-48

  Gunnarsson, Evy ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Compensation; Everyday life; Gender; Lifecourse; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COMPENSATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER ISSUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 57749169899     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007642     Document Type: Article

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