Earning their keep: The productivity of older women and men in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-103

  Cameron, Lisa J H ^a,b,e   Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^c   Khanam, Masuma Akter ^a,c   Wahlin, Åke ^c,d   Streatfield, Peter K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Domestic activities; Occupational justice; Older adults; Productivity; Work

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77949285639     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-010-9109-7     Document Type: Article

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