Involvement in voluntary organizations: How older adults access volunteer roles?

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 210-227

  Tang, Fengyan ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Older adults; Organization type; Organizational volunteer; Socio structural factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 58149356453     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370802039494     Document Type: Article

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