Expanding, reducing, concentrating and diffusing: Activity patterns of recent retirees in the United States

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Nimrod, Galit ^a   Janke, Megan C ^b   Kleiber, Douglas A ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Continuity; Leisure; Retirement; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049192969     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400802558087     Document Type: Article

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