Dynamics of volunteering in older Europeans

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-178

  Hank, Karsten ^a   Erlinghagen, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life course; Productive aging; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77952949782     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp122     Document Type: Article

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