Continuity and change in older adults' perceptions of out-of-home mobility over ten years: A qualitative-quantitative approach

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 782-802

  Mollenkopf, Heidrun ^a   Hieber, Annette ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing; longitudinal perspective; meaning; out of home mobility; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; MOBILITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 79958824357     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000644     Document Type: Article

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